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{
"silkwallpaper": "True silk on the wall — woven thread by thread, the quietest luxury in the room.",
"silkwallcoverings": "Silk for contract spec — Type II durability, hospitality-grade, no concession to gloss.",
"linenwallpaper": "Flax woven into walls — the texture of an unmade bed, in linen.",
"jutewallpaper": "Coarse, honest jute — the smell of a working farm, hung at eye level.",
"raffiawallcoverings": "Hand-woven raffia palm — a verandah in Madagascar, brought indoors.",
"raffiawalls": "Raffia, residential edition — same fiber, tighter weave, smaller commitment.",
"corkwallcovering": "Bark of the cork oak — sustainably stripped, sound-absorbing, visibly alive.",
"fabricwallpaper": "Textile pasted to walls — drapery's older, calmer cousin.",
"textilewallpaper": "Woven patterns the eye reads as fabric, even before the hand confirms it.",
"metallicwallpaper": "Foil grounds in silver, gold, gun-metal — light made into a wall.",
"silverleafwallpaper": "Genuine silver leaf, hand-applied square by square. The room becomes a reflection.",
"vinylwallpaper": "Type II commercial vinyl — meant for hotel hallways, beautiful in ours.",
"micawallpaper": "Mica flakes hand-applied — fired mineral, cathedral-window light.",
"madagascarwallpaper": "Grasscloth from Madagascar — sun-bleached, irregular, alive in side light.",
"mylarwallpaper": "Reflective mylar — a 1972 conversation pit, contemporary again.",
"suedewallpaper": "Suede on the wall — the room absorbs sound and, briefly, its own daylight.",
"1800swallpaper": "Documentary repeats from the 19th century — block-printed history, not nostalgia.",
"1890swallpaper": "Late Victorian — Aesthetic movement and Arts-and-Crafts at full conviction.",
"1900swallpaper": "Edwardian repeats — turn-of-century optimism, before the wars.",
"1920swallpaper": "Art Deco — geometry, gilt, the loud confidence of the Jazz Age.",
"1930swallpaper": "Streamlined Moderne — Deco quieting into Hollywood Regency, smoke and cocktails.",
"1940swallpaper": "Post-war restraint — the kitchen as comfort, the bedroom as relief.",
"1950swallpaper": "Atomic-age optimism — boomerangs, starbursts, suburban faith in the future.",
"1960swallpaper": "Op-art and psychedelia — the wall as event, the eye as participant.",
"1970swallpaper": "Earth-tone florals, harvest gold, paneling — rooms that smelled like patchouli.",
"1980swallpaper": "Memphis, neon, brass-and-glass — the decade that refused to be tasteful.",
"retrowalls": "Every decade we've ever loved, available again — chosen, not stumbled into.",
"wallpapersback": "Statement of fact: wallpaper is back. The plain wall has had its decade.",
"agedwallpaper": "Deliberately aged finishes — the patina of a hundred years, ordered last week.",
"handcraftedwallpaper": "Hand-blocked, hand-screened — the artisan's hand visible in every repeat.",
"museumwallpaper": "Wallcoverings for institutional walls — gallery-grade, conservation-aware.",
"restorationwallpaper": "Period-accurate reproductions — for the house old enough to deserve them.",
"pastelwallpaper": "A whole catalog in soft tones — milk, blush, butter, sky.",
"glitterwalls": "Real glitter, real glass beads — the wall throws light back at you.",
"greenwallcoverings": "FSC-certified, low-VOC, recycled — eco-conscious without earnestness.",
"naturalwallcoverings": "Plant-fiber walls — jute, sisal, abaca, raffia. The forest, abstracted.",
"saloonwallpaper": "Old-West woodcut — oxblood, saddle, cream. A drink before sundown.",
"contractwallpaper": "Type II commercial — built for offices, schools, stadiums. And yours.",
"hotelwallcoverings": "Hospitality-spec — designed for the hallway you walk at 3 AM and remember.",
"hospitalitywallpaper": "Hotels, restaurants, cruise ships — wallcovering with stage presence.",
"healthcarewallpaper": "Anti-microbial, fully cleanable — calm enough for the waiting room.",
"restaurantwallpaper": "Front-of-house wallcovering — moody, photogenic, washable.",
"architecturalwallcoverings": "A&D-channel wallcoverings — specified by architects, signed off by the firm."
}