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Some of the Work that we Carry Out
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By Appointment toHer Majesty The Queen
Architectural Paint SpecialistsPapers and Paints Ltd
London
On 1st January 2007
Papers and Paints
were granted a
Royal Warrant of Appointmentto Her Majesty The Queen
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PAPERS and PAINTS
Enormous range of paint colours Friendly advice
Colour matching
Consultancy on historical decoration Established nearly 50 years
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PAPERS and PAINTS
Family business
Founded by Robert Baty
in 1960
Run by his son Patrick
for over 25 years
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Patrick Baty
Since completing aresearch degree that
focussed on the 18thcentury housepaintersmethods and materials
Patrick has advised on aconsiderable range ofrestoration projects in
the UK and USA
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Patrick Baty
Patrick comes from a line of colourists his
great grandfather, the artist Robert PolhillBevan, was described by a former director ofthe National Gallery as being perhaps the
first Englishman to use pure colour in the20th Century
Bevans wife, Stanisawa de Karowska, also
a successful artist combined a moderniststyle with colours inspired by her native
Poland
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Patrick has carried out extensive research into the useof pigments in architectural and decorative painting
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Patrick Baty has written, taught and
lectured on the use of paint and colour inarchitecture for many years
He is a member of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Georgian Group and a
Fellow of both the Royal Society of Artsand of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland
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Patrick Baty has run a number of paint workshops inthe UK and USA during the last fifteen years
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Patrick and his team of arts graduates have
great experience in the use of paint andcolour in buildings old and new
Apart from advising on and mixing paintcolours Papers and Paints can also assist
with the following.
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Colour Matching
Existing paint
Wallpapers and fabrics
Other objects
Either in the shop or on site
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Colour Matching
We are often asked to reproduce obsolete colours
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Corporate Colour Work
Corporate Colours
Shop Fronts & Fascias
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Estate Colours
Identifying Earlier Colour
Advice on New Colour
Experience throughout the UK
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Paint Analysis
To establish how a room once looked To date a structure
To guide the redecoration of an earlybuilding
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Colour Surveys
Colour measurements taken Existing colours identified
Maintenance schedule prepared Great savings in time and expense
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Colour Consultancy
Nearly 20 years experience on some of themost prestigious restoration projects
Consultant to the Crown, Government andmany National and private institutions
Many private clients in the UK and USA
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Colour Ranges Developed
Heritage range designed for Dulux New range for English Heritage
Ranges for the French & German markets Our own paint ranges
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Colour Ranges
Dulux Heritage Range
1994
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Colour Ranges
Little Greene /English Heritage
Range
2005
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Traditional Colours
This range is based
on a set of hand-painted colour cardsthat date from 1807.
They reflect anumber of colours in
use during the 18th
and early 19thcenturies
Set of eight cards 10
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Traditional Colours
Some of the original colourcards from 1807 and the
ruins of the house in whosearchives they were found
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Historical Colours
These are based on awork of 1934, which
shows a selection ofcolours used on
artefacts over the ages
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Historical Colours
The colours of
ancient Egypt werelimited. Here acouple of reds from
haematite, a greenfrom malachite and ablue from cobalt or
copper can be seen
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Historical Colours
Papers and Paints brought
out this range of historicalcolours in the mid 1980s.They were the first of such
ranges to have appearedon the market in recent
years
Set of fourteen cards 12
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1950s Colours
This range is based onsome of the colours that
we were selling when we
opened in 1960
Set of six cards 8
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1950s Colours
Some of the colour cards that we used in the 1960s
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Paint Analysis
The samples are set in a clear resin and numbered
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Paint Analysis
When the resin has set the block is cut through and polished
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Paint Analysis
The samples are then examined under high magnification
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Paint Analysis
A series of green schemes found on a garden door on a
Scottish estate
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Paint Analysis
Occasionally furthertests are required to
establish thecomposition of a paintlayer. Here the
scanning electron
microscope confirmsthat a paint is made upof lead and zinc with
small quantities of chalk
and barytes added as anextender
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Colour Measurement
We are frequently asked to match the existing paint
colour on an object. Here a sentry box at KensingtonPalace is being measured with a spectrophotometer
Colour Measurement
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Colour Measurement
Over the last twelve years we have measured andstored several hundred thousand paint colours with
the spectrophotometer. These are stored on a PC andclose matches can be found for most new colours
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Paint Analysis
Brodie Castle
Moray
We were asked toidentify the first
scheme in the 1820s
drawing room
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Brodie Castle, Drawing Room the walls,joinery and ceiling were originally grained in
imitation of oak
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Colour Measurement
Apsley House
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Colour Measurement
Apsley House
Gate piers painted to match Portland stone. We havealso carried out a colour survey of the interior
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Paint Analysis
BBC
& Radio Theatre
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Colour Survey
Boodles
St Jamess
Paints matched toexisting andmaintenance
schedule prepared
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Colour Measurement
Royal Naval CollegeGreenwich
Painted Hall
Survey of existingcolours to produce ascheme for the dado
Colour Measurement
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Colour Measurement
Royal Naval College
Greenwich
Painted Hall
An average was made of
the existing colours onthe upper walls and a
match produced for the
dado
Colour Survey
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Colour Survey
Brookss, St JamessA survey was made of the existing paint coloursand a maintenance schedule prepared
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Paint Analysis
Handel House
Home to the composer
George Frideric Handel
from 1723 to 1759
Colour Measurement
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Colour Measurement
Wilton House
Colour Measurement
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Colour Measurement
A fragment of the wall surfaceon a paint matched to theoverall colour of the stippled
finish
Wilton HouseLittle Smoking Room
Colour Survey
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Each web of thevaulted ceiling hadbeen painted in a
different colourwhen John Fowler
supervised the
decoration in the1960s. We carried
out a survey in order
to be able toreproduce the
coloursWilton House
Wyatt Cloisters
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Holmwood House
Glasgow
Considered the finestdomestic design by the
architect AlexanderGreek Thomson
Paint Analysis
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Holmwood HouseCupola over stairs
The cupola wasdecorated on about nineoccasions since 1857-58.
Gilding was employedon the third occasion
Paint Analysis
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Holmwood HouseDining Room
The deep pink of thefirst oil-based scheme
was composed of
vermilion and red ironoxide
Paint Analysis
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Holmwood HouseEntrance Hall
This stencilled scheme wasdiscovered to be the fifth, notthe first as had been believed
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Travellers Club
Pall Mall
Analysis and colourmatching carried outover the last 15 years
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Greenbank, Glasgow
Colour Matching
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Colour Matching
St Jamess Palace
Surfaces matched in various parts of the building
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Royal Pavilion
Brighton
Blue Verditer pigment indispersion viewed undera polarising microscope
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Hammersmith Bridge
Paint Analysis
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All elements were sampled View from the top
Hammersmith Bridge
Paint Analysis
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Paint Analysis
Golden Lane Estate
London
We were asked to identify
the 1962 colour schemes forthis newly-listed housing
estate
Paint Analysis
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Golden Lane Estate
Colour Measurement
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Downing Street
Initially we wereasked to match the
colour of a sentry box.Other colour work hasalso been carried out
on the interior
Paint Analysis
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Culzean Castle, Ayrshire
Paint Analysis
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Culzean Castle, Ayrshire
Paint Analysis
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The weathered blue was agreen when first applied
The exposed bluecan be seen under
the microscope
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire
Historical Consultancy
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Tryon Palace
North CarolinaUSA
A visit to advise on theappropriate decoration
for this 1950s
recreation of theoriginal State Capitol
Paint Analysis
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House of the Binns
West Lothian
We carried out the
analysis of the LaighHall and the High Hall
Paint Analysis
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Syon House
Great Conservatory
The original scheme of1827 was revealed
Colour and Technical Advice
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A House in Southern Ireland
Colour and Technical Advice
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A House in SouthernIreland
Numerous visits were made
during the five yearrestoration of this house.
Advice was given onappropriate colours and
types of paint
Paint Analysis
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Bennehan House
North CarolinaUSA
Analysis of a smallplantation house.Venue of several
paint workshops runby Patrick Baty ofPapers and Paints
Paint Workshops
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Bennehan House
North CarolinaUSA
Following the analysis wemade the paint and then
applied it
Colour Measurement
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Foreign Office
Not only did we identifythe original colour of
the external ironwork,
but we have alsomatched paint invarious locations
Paint Analysis
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Artillery Lane
Spitalfields
The finest 18th
centuryshopfront in
London
Paint AnalysisArtillery Lane, Spitalfields
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Scanning Electron
Microscope print-outCross section of paint
Analysis and Historical Advice
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Hampton Court PalacePrivy Garden
Paint Analysis
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Royal Festival Hall
We were asked to identify
the 1951 decorativescheme for therefurbishment
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Royal Festival Hall
Bright red was found juxtaposedwith dull green
Paint Workshops
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Eastfield Village
New York
USA
Five day courses runby Matt Mosca and
Patrick Baty of Papers
and Paints
Paint Analysis
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Newhailes, East Lothian
Paint Analysis
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Newhailes
East Lothian
We established that theDining Room had last
been painted in 1873 andthat it was not the
original scheme of 1739
that had survived
Paint Analysis
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Newhailes, East LothianUntil our investigation it was thought that this house had been
untouched by time
Colour Survey
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Syon Park
Great Hall
The painted scheme of
John Fowler has beenmeasured to enable a
seamless repaint
Paint Analysis
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Benjamin FranklinHouse
We identified the decorative
schemes that existed when thehouse was occupied byBenjamin Franklin
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Historical Consultancy
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Kew Palace
We have beenemployed to
advise on therestoration of thepainted schemes
that existed whenoccupied by King
George III
Colour Measurement
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Kew Palace
Analysis and Colour Survey
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Lancaster House
We carried out theanalysis of the
Grand Hall and theLong Gallery. A
colour survey was
also made of theState Rooms
Paint Analysis
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Lancaster House
Bronzed Atlas in the lantern
First bronzed scheme
Cross section of paint
from bronzedelement. It had beenpainted twice
Historical Consultancy
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A private house in
CharlestonSouth Carolina
USA
Patrick Baty was askedto assist an Americanpaint analyst and to
prepare a paintspecification
Paint Analysis
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich Chapel Vestibule
Paint Analysis
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Royal Naval College
Greenwich
Chapel Vestibule
The initial scheme was astone-coloured distemper.
This was later replaced by asimilar colour in oil paint
DistemperPlaster
Colour Matching
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Kensington Palace
Orangery
Colour Matching
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Kensington Palace
Orangery
A wooden plinth hadbeen built to prevent thebase of the statue being
damaged. We were askedto produce a textured
paint in a colour to match
the Portland stone base
Colour Matching
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Kensington Palace, Orangery
The walls and panelling were measured in order toproduce matching paint colours
Analysis and Colour Matching
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Dover House
The Scottish Office
We carried out the
analysis of the Rotundaand matched paintcolours in the Scottish
Secretarys Office
Paint Analysis
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Hill of Tarvit
Fife
The external
decoration of all thebuildings on this early20th century estatewas established
Paint AnalysisHill of Tarvit, Fife
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Stables panelling by hay heck Layers of paint on panelling original
was a pale stone colour
Paint AnalysisHill of Tarvit, Fife
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External face ofstable door dark
blue now althoughgrained originally
Paint Analysis
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Welsh Non-Conformist Chapel
Oswestry
Paint Analysis
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Gilding on internal columns
Early stencilling
Welsh Non-Conformist Chapel
Paint Analysis
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Athenaeum Club
London
We carried out an
analysis of the paint onthe external stucco and
the gilded statue of
Athena
Paint Analysis
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Temple Newsam
near Leeds
We identified the 1740s
decorative scheme inthe Picture Gallery andproved that the original
flock paper had beengreen
Paint Analysis
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Fragment ofgreen flocktrapped onprimer
Temple Newsam Picture Gallery
Cross Section
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