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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."
}