Talk:Decalcomania

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I don't know what 24.168.92.117 means by "vaild nor historical evidence to prove his, 'inventions'", but see for example http://www.freewebs.com/genovese/parent%20direct/Investigations1.html . Is it the existence of photographic decalcomanias 24.168.92.117 is debating or Richard Genovese's invention of the method? --Daniel C. Boyer 23:04, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Decalcomania was not originated in the 1930s as noted in the main article and did not begin as a surrealist technique, though it may certainly have been taken up by the surrealists as described. Writing in 1929, a US army officer describes a trip to Delmonico's restaurant in New York. He eats in a room with "a bewitching wallpaper, with small, gaily colored pictures, no two alike, applied after the manner of decalcomania." (See Lately Thomas, Delmonico's, Houghton Mifflin 1967).

Further research reveals an article "Decalcomania" (Harper's Bazaar, April 4, 1868, 1, 23) suggesting an even earlier, Russian origin for this technique.

[edit] Proposed Merge

I'm against a merge. Decal and decalcomania have distinct usage (e.g. see the Wictionary entry). --Kkmurray 03:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)