Wallpaper
1850-73 (made)
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Wallpaper border with conventional lions and other ornament on a gold-and-green ground, mounted on paper; Design taken from a 16th-century Chinese material; Machine print on embossed paper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Machine print on embossed paper |
| Brief description | Wallpaper border with conventional lions and other ornament on a gold-and-green ground, mounted on paper; Design based on a 16th-century Chinese material; 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 conventional lions and other ornament on a gold-and-green ground, mounted on paper; Design taken from a 16th-century Chinese material; 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 a 16th-century Chinese material, formerly in the possession of V. Poterlet. This specimen was exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. |
| Production | Design based on a 16th-century Chinese material, formerly in the possession of V. Poterlet. |
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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 | 1349-1874 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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