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Wallpaper

1850-73 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paul Balin, Paris (manufacturer)
Balin, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Wallpaper border with scroll foliage and flowers on a black ground, mounted on paper; Machine print on embossed paper.

Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Machine print on embossed paper
Paper
Machine Print
Embossing
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.
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.
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.
Subjects depicted
Scrolling Foliage
Flowers (Plants)
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1339-1874

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Record createdMarch 27, 2009
Record URL
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