Les Monuments de Paris

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This object consists of 24 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Artist/Maker	Dufour & Cie (manufacturer) Broc, Jean (designer)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

'Les Monuments de Paris'; Thirty lengths of wallpaper forming a continuous panorama of the chief monuments of Paris, arranged along one of the banks of the Seine; Design after Jean Broc; Colour prints from wood blocks on paper.

Object details

Categories	Wall Coverings Politics Tourism & Travel
Object type	Wallpaper
Parts	This object consists of 24 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Paper Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama Wallpaper Print Panorama
Title	Les Monuments de Paris (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Paper Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	'Les Monuments de Paris'; One of thirty lengths of wallpaper forming a continuous panorama of the chief monuments of Paris, arranged along one of the banks of the Seine; Design after Jean Broc; Colour prints from wood blocks on paper; Produced and sold by Joseph Dufour (of Dufour et Leroy); Paris; 1814.
Physical description	'Les Monuments de Paris'; Thirty lengths of wallpaper forming a continuous panorama of the chief monuments of Paris, arranged along one of the banks of the Seine; Design after Jean Broc; Colour prints from wood blocks on paper.
Dimensions	Each height: 240cm Each width: 49.5cm 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.
Object history	The paper was produced and sold by Joseph Dufour. His account books show that the original price of the paper was 50 francs, and that it was published in 1814.
Production	The paper was produced and sold by Joseph Dufour. His account books show that the original price of the paper was 50 francs, and that it was published in 1814.
Places depicted	Paris Arc De Triomphe
Bibliographic references	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. Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976. Clouzot, Henri. Les chefs d'oeuvres du Papiers Peints. Tableaux-tentures de Dufour et Leroy. Paris, 1931. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.848-1924

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Record created	March 31, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O213605/les-monuments-de-paris-wallpaper-broc-jean/

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