Wallpaper
1850-73 (made)
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Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, with fruit and birds, in dark-red and gold on a red satin ground; Design taken from an early 16th-century material; Flock on embossed satin.
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Materials and techniques | Flock on embossed satin |
Brief description | Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, with fruit and birds, in dark-red and gold on a red satin ground; Design based on an early 16th-century material; Designed by Paul Balin; Flock on embossed satin; Exhibited at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873; Produced by Paul Balin, Paris; 1850-1873. |
Physical description | Wallpaper specimen with a pattern of conventional flowers, with fruit and birds, in dark-red and gold on a red satin ground; Design taken from an early 16th-century material; Flock on embossed satin. |
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Credit line | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin |
Object history | Given by Monsieur Paul Balin. From an early 16th-century material, 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 material, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin. |
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Associated object | 1351F-1874 (Version) |
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 | 1351E-1874 |
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Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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