Oh, those cheeky 1970s. Wrapping up wallpaper week here on the blog, a look at some of the 1970s illustrated novelty wallpapers from Hannah’s Treasures. Who knew there were so many line drawing wallpapers of folks malingering in the bathroom — with mermaids, even!
Detail of the wallpaper above.
Above: The 70s saw a Victorian revival, complete with ferns of course! Note, I have several rolls of this wallpaper that I picked up on the cheap on ebay over the years. There’s gold ink in mine, too! Really quite stunning! Five double rolls currently available.
Above: This paper is fabulous, what with the wicker lounge, pergola thingie — and green colorway! Two double rolls in stock currently.
Above: This one has the mermaid (notice the wife in the mirror!), a scuba diver, a phone booth and toilet planter. Oh my! Four double rolls currently in stock.
Above: Same design, different colorway. Six double rolls available.
Above: And one more colorway. Six double rolls currently available.
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Seeing these jogged my memory: when I was in first grade (in the early 70’s), I was friends with another little girl in my neighborhood. In her family’s house they had similar wallpaper in their bathroom. It was more glamorous, though–it was black and white and featured images of topless Victorian ladies lounging on sofas. At the time, I was amazed that anyone would have wallpaper with naked people on it!
Loooove these. Some day when I’m brave enough to go all out 70s in a bathroom, I will totally use these.
These are delightful! I have vague memories of Gay ’90s/Victoriana-themed wallpaper in restaurant restrooms back then (Victorian ladies with powder puffs in front of mirrors and such), but nothing as whimsical and fun as these patterns.
Not to mention the red, flocked paper in hotels and apartment buildings.
The second one reminds me of the Clairol Herbal Essence ads from the ’70s!
OMG! STILL DREAMING of my grandparents’ “Naked Lady Toile” wallpaper they had in their hallway while I was growing up. They were all like… swimming and hiding behind trees and on swings.
Those papers would get me out of the bathroom quickly!
Party pooper.
These are absolutely fabulous! Maybe I’ll buy a roll and frame a section as a picture!
We still have the original wall paper that is similar to those shown in our tan/brown bathroom. Our house was built in the early 1960s. The wall paper shows various bathrooms “Father” (lots of guns on the wall) “Children’s”, “Ours” (husband shaving while the wife is stepping out of the shower). The most interesting one is “Guests”. It shows a man shaving, a woman in lingerie putting on make-up and the backside of a second woman toweling off in the shower.
Oh my!
Thanks for the fun memories! My grandma always had wallpaper like this in her bathroom.
We had naked lady wallpaper in our bathroom too It was decidedly NOT Victorian. These ladies looked more like “Eve.” They had long flowing hair and they were NOT hiding ANYTHING I learned how to draw a naked lady by looking at that wallpaper. I still remember; “S. S. W, dot dot. Y.
I would love to find that wallpaper…sigh.
I am searching for a wallpaper similar to these. It was black and white and had various out houses. A tree fort with a tree outhouse. A space ship with a little space ship out house floating behind it. I’d love to find it.
Sounds fabulous!
Hello!
I am looking for wallpaper my mother bought in Roanoke? I think in 1969 or 1970. It was black and white, a cartoonish scene of “getting to the outhouse.” As I remember it, there were five or six scenes within the wallpaper of a man almost at the outhouse – at the top of a sharp mountaintop, on water skis, behind an airplane – don’t remember the rest. I’d really like to put it in my half bath! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Do you still have any of this? Link isn’t working.
Links are working for me… they are brite bold blue.
I get a 404 Page not found. 😟 I’ve been hoping to find this paper for years. The mineral springs/spa one was in my childhood home.
There are numerous links in the story, I didn’t test them all…. Search the key vintage sellers: https://retrorenovation.com/2011/03/01/7-places-to-buy-vintage-wallpaper-from-1-25-to-200-per-roll/
If that doesn’t work, start stalking ebay.