Wallpaper
1850-73 (made)
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Wallpaper border with scroll foliage and flowers on a black ground, mounted on paper; Machine print on embossed paper.
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Materials and techniques | Machine print on embossed paper |
Brief description | Wallpaper border with scroll foliage and flowers on a black ground, mounted on paper; Design based on an embroidery of the period of Louis XIII; Designed by Paul Balin; Machine print on embossed paper; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873. |
Physical description | Wallpaper border with scroll foliage and flowers on a black ground, mounted on paper; Machine print on embossed paper. |
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Credit line | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin |
Object history | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin. Design based on an embroidery of the period of Louis XIII, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin. This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. |
Production | Design based on an embroidery of the period of Louis XIII, 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. |
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Accession number | 1339-1874 |
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Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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