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Wallpaper

Late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Réveillon (manufacturer)
Reveillon, Jean Baptiste (designer)
Place of origin
Monmouth (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Panel of flock wallpaper with a reverse copy of 'Les Deux Pigeons' by Jean Baptiste Réveillon, a design of flowers, birds, festoons of drapery and foliage; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper
Paper
Flock
Colour Woodblock Print
Flocking
Brief description
Panel of flock wallpaper with a reverse copy of 'Les Deux Pigeons' by Jean Baptiste Réveillon, a design of flowers, birds, festoons of drapery and foliage; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper; From Glamorgan Street House, Monmouth; English; Late 18th century.
Physical description
Panel of flock wallpaper with a reverse copy of 'Les Deux Pigeons' by Jean Baptiste Réveillon, a design of flowers, birds, festoons of drapery and foliage; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Panel height: 134cm
  • Panel width: 54.3cm
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 Colonel H. P. Jones-Williams.
Object history
Given by Colonel H. P. Jones-Williams.

Provenance: Glamorgan Street House, Monmouth.

This paper is a copy in reverse of 'Les Deux Pigeons', a wallpaper by Jean Baptiste Réveillon (1765-89), circa 1785. The same pattern is also to be found at Clandon Park, Surrey (a property of the National Trust), a portion of which is E.2239-1974.
Production
Provenance: Glamorgan Street House, Monmouth.

This paper is a copy in reverse of 'Les Deux Pigeons', a wallpaper by Jean Baptiste Réveillon (1765-89), circa 1785. The same pattern is also to be found at Clandon Park, Surrey (a property of the National Trust), a portion of which is E.2239-1974.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Festoon Curtains
Birds
Leaf (Plant Material)
Associated object
E.2239-1974 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.453-1924

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Record createdDecember 30, 2008
Record URL
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