Wallpaper
1850-73 (made)
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Specimen of flock wallpaper with a design of scrolls and conventional flowers on a black ground; Flock on satin.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Flock on satin |
| Brief description | Specimen of flock wallpaper with a design of scrolls and conventional flowers on a black ground; Design based on an early 16th-century Portuguese leather hanging; Designed by Paul Balin; Flock on satin; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873. |
| Physical description | Specimen of flock wallpaper with a design of scrolls and conventional flowers on a black ground; Flock on satin. |
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| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin |
| Object history | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin. Design based on an early 16th-century Portuguese leather hanging formerly in the possession of Paul Balin. This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. |
| Production | Design based on an early 16th-century Portuguese leather hanging 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 | 1335-1874 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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