One of six panels and fragments of wallpaper (E.15-20-1916) with designs of a cock, a parrot, swans, vases, floral festoons etc; Design by Jean-Baptiste Fay; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Printed at Réveillon's works in Paris; Provenance: A house at Longford, Newport, Salop; French; ca.1785-88.

One of six panels and fragments of wallpaper (E.15-20-1916) with designs of a cock, a parrot, swans, vases, floral festoons etc; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Given by Colonel Ralph Leeke

Given by Colonel Ralph Leeke.
This paper (from a set of 6 in the V&A: E.15-20-1916) was printed at Réveillon's works in the Rue de l'Arbre, Paris. Réveillon was one of the most important retailers and manufacturers of wallpaper in France in the second half of the 18th century.

The complete rolls are illustrated in P. Gusman, Panneaux Decoratifs et Tentures Murales du XVIIIe siècle (1913), pls 9-11. A complete set of these papers, consisting of ten panels, exists at the house of General Lafayette at Chavagnac, Haute-Loire (see M. L. le Verrier, 'Old Wall-paper of France', Antiques (1928), vol 13, p 128, where they are wrongly attributed and described as hand-painted). The paper was bought from Elliot in 1793.

Provenance: A house at Longford, Newport, Salop.

E.20-1916