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Wallpaper

1850-73 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paul Balin, Paris (manufacturer)
Balin, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, in gold and black on a crimson ground; Design taken from an early 16th-century material; Machine print on embossed paper.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Machine print on embossed paper
Paper
Machine Print
Embossing
Brief description
Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, in gold and black on a crimson ground; Design based on an early 16th-century material; Designed by Paul Balin; Machine print on embossed paper; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873.
Physical description
Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, in gold and black on a crimson ground; Design taken from an early 16th-century material; Machine print on embossed paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81.3cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Paul Balin
Object history
Given by Monsieur Paul Balin.
From an early 16th-century material, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Production
Design based on an early 16th-century material, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Fruit
Birds
Associated object
1351E-1874 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1351F-1874

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
Record URL
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