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

Wallpaper specimen with a flower pattern on a pink ground; Design based on a material of the period of Louis XIII; Machine print on embossed paper.

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Category	Wall Coverings
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Machine print on embossed paper Paper Machine Print Embossing
Brief description	Wallpaper specimen with a flower pattern on a pink ground; Design based on a material 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 specimen with a flower pattern on a pink ground; Design based on a material of the period of Louis XIII; 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 a material 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 a material of the period of Louis XIII, formerly in the possession of Paul Balin.
Subject depicted	Floral Patterns
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	1352B-1874

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Record created	March 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O211695/wallpaper-balin-paul/

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