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Wallpaper

1850-73 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Category
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81.3cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
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 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.
Subject depicted
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 createdMarch 27, 2009
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