Fast-forward to the 1950s: After Nast’s death, Gracie, the hand-painted and antique wallpaper dealer, purchased that famed surround and, in 2011, sold the remnants to interior designer Michael S.

I first ran across the name John Adcock about 12 years ago as my own interest in old paper of various types increasingly reached back past the Golden Age and pulps. John's Yesterday's Papers was ...

It's important to understand that paper has a grain direction like wood and fabric. The paper's fibers run in the direction of either the length of the full sheet (grain long) or the width (grain ...