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Wallpaper

ca. 1770-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Réveillon (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Fragment of an arabesque panel of wallpaper, with a design of medallions, vases, cupids, doves and garlands of flowers; with a separate border of moulding; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Fragment of an arabesque panel of wallpaper, with a design of medallions, vases, cupids, doves and garlands of flowers; with a separate border of moulding; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Produced by Réveillon, Paris; France; ca. 1770-80.
Physical description
Fragment of an arabesque panel of wallpaper, with a design of medallions, vases, cupids, doves and garlands of flowers; with a separate border of moulding; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 86.4cm
  • Size of sheet width: 67.3cm
  • Size of border height: 3.8cm
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 Mr Martin Battersby
Object history
Given by Mr Martin Battersby.
Subjects depicted
Arabesques
Medallions
Vases
Cupids
Putti
Doves
Festoons
Flowers
Moulding
Architectural Elements
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 1947, London: HMSO, 1950.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.57-1947

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
Record URL
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