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Wallpaper

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

Specimen of wallpaper with a gold pattern on a crimson satin ground taken from a material of the period of Louis XV; Embossed satin.

Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Embossed satin
Paper
Embossing
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with a gold pattern on a crimson satin ground; Design based on a material of the period of Louis XIV; Designed by Paul Balin; Embossed satin; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with a gold pattern on a crimson satin ground taken from a material of the period of Louis XV; Embossed satin.
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 a material of the period of Louis XV, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Production
Design based on a material of the period of Louis XV, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
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
1344-1874

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
Record URL
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