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Belle de Nuit

Wallpaper
1977 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of wallpaper with 'Belle de Nuit' design; Colour print on paper.

Within Collection Zuber, a pattern book containing 67 specimens (E.740-806-1979), each with title, serial number etc on the back; with 6 samples of matching fabrics, and with a few photographs of the papers in contemporary interiors interleaved; full bound in plastic-covered boards with title etc on the front.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Belle de Nuit (manufacturer's title)
  • Collection Zuber (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with 'Belle de Nuit' design; Colour print on paper; Within 'Collection Zuber', a pattern book containing 67 specimens (E.740-806-1979); Produced by Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, for Cole & Son (Wallpapers) Ltd; France; 1977.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with 'Belle de Nuit' design; Colour print on paper.

Within Collection Zuber, a pattern book containing 67 specimens (E.740-806-1979), each with title, serial number etc on the back; with 6 samples of matching fabrics, and with a few photographs of the papers in contemporary interiors interleaved; full bound in plastic-covered boards with title etc on the front.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 43cm
  • Size of volume width: 51cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
(Title, serial number etc on the back.)
Credit line
Given by Cole & Son (Wallpapers) Ltd
Object history
Given by Cole & Son (Wallpapers) Ltd.
Production
Produced by Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Haut-Rhin, Mulhouse, France, for Cole & Son (Wallpapers) Ltd.
Associated objects
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
Accession number
E.747-1979

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
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