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Wallpaper

Wallpaper

  • Place of origin:

    Guangzhou, China (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1810-1830 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted paper

  • Museum number:

    E.2853-1913

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This panel of painted wallpaper shows fruits, flowers and birds. It would have been part of a set of papers intended for decorating a 'Chinese room' inside a European house. This widespread taste in interior decoration was part of a fashion in the decorative arts and architecture known as 'Chinoiserie' - a fanciful Chinese style invented by Europeans.

The trade with Europe in Chinese wallpaper seems to have started in the 1690s. Chinoiserie wallpaper retained its popularity into the early 19th century in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. The scenes depicted on wallpapers exported to Europe from China were expressly designed to appeal to European taste. The size of the sheets increased during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Physical description

This panel of painted wallpaper shows fruit, flowers and birds. It would have been part of a set which decorated 'Chinese rooms' inside European houses, a fashion in interior decorating known as 'Chinoiserie'. Trade of Chinese wallpaper seems to have started in the 1690's and retained its popularity throughout the Georgian period in England and elsewere. The size of the sheets increased during the 18th and 19th century.

Place of Origin

Guangzhou, China (made)

Date

ca. 1810-1830 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Painted paper

Dimensions

Height: 243.9 cm, Width: 122 cm

Categories

Interiors

Collection code

EAS

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