CONSERVATION
David Skinner & Sons origins are in paper conservation and in particular decorative wallpaper.
Past projects include Castletown House, Fota House, Kilkenny Castle, Belvedere House, number 10
Henrietta street,Muckross House, and Aras an Uactaran.
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Work in progress at the Kings Inns, Henrietta st
Through the eighteenth
and nineteenth
centuries ‘paper
stainers’ were
numerous in Ireland.
Some of their papers
are still to be found in
various states of repair
throughout the country.
With the extensive
restoration of period
buildings in recent
years fragments of
paper are regularly
exposed with the
removal of more recent
wall coverings.
Occasionally there is
enough of the original
artwork to reproduce
the wallpaper.
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Established 1991
SERVICES
PATTERNS
David Skinner
WALLPAPER SPECIALISTS
CONSERVATION SERVICES From investigative surveys and reports through to on-site conservation
treatment, we have over twenty years experience in wallpaper conservation. Aspects of our work in this
area include:
Cleaning, consolidation, repair of historic papers
Temporary removal of wallpapers to facilitate building works
Surveys of buildings for historic wallpapers and decorative finishes
Paint cross-sections and analysis
Identification of historic wallpapers
