Wallpaper
1850-73 (made)
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Portion of wallpaper with a lace pattern on a lilac ground; Design based on a mid-16th century embroidery; Embossed paper and muslin.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embossed paper and muslin |
| Brief description | Wallpaper specimen with a lace pattern on a lilac ground; Design based on a mid-16th century embroidery; Designed by Paul Balin; Embossed paper and muslin; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873. |
| Physical description | Portion of wallpaper with a lace pattern on a lilac ground; Design based on a mid-16th century embroidery; Embossed paper and muslin. |
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| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin |
| Object history | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin. The design was based on a mid-16th century embroidery formerly in the possession of Paul Balin. This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. |
| Production | Design taken from a mid-16th century embroidery formerly in the possession of Paul Balin. |
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| 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 | |
| Accession number | 1329-1874 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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