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Wallpaper

1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: Specimen of wall-paper printed with an Art Nouveau-style tree motif in green on a cream ground. Produced by Jean Zuber, Rixheim, 1904. Printed in the selvage 1355 and stamped on the back 1355 BV.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colourprint from wood blocks, varnished.
Brief description
Dresser, Christopher, Specimen of wallpaper printed with an Art Nouveau-style tree motif in green on a cream ground, produced by Jean Zuber, Rixheim, 1904, colour print from woodblocks, varnished
Physical description
General Description: Specimen of wall-paper printed with an Art Nouveau-style tree motif in green on a cream ground. Produced by Jean Zuber, Rixheim, 1904. Printed in the selvage 1355 and stamped on the back 1355 BV.
Dimensions
  • Height: 48.1cm
  • Width: 49.9cm
48.1 x 49.9 cm
Credit line
Given by Dr Widar Halén
Object history
This piece of wall-paper was cut from the roll in the Musee du Papier Peint, in Rixheim, France. Dresser was working exclusively for the wall-paper manufacturer Jean Zuber et Cie in Rixheim in the years 1903-4. This design was his last before he died. See also E.1732-1989.
Collection
Accession number
E.1731-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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