Wallpaper Sample
ManufacturerManufactured by
Paul Balin(French, 1861–1898)French, 1861–1898
CultureFrench
Titles
- Wallpaper Sample
Date1880–1898
PlaceParis, France
MediumBlock-printed and embossed paper
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 × 20 in. (47.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.752
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History“Pattern Repeat: Wallpaper Then and Now,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2013–March 30, 2014.
Published References Sample of wallpaper featured in Nylander, Richard, Elizabeth Redmond, and Penny J. Sander, Wallpaper in New England, (Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1986), 249. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in pencil on verso " 42 "
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William Morris
1873
Block-printed and embossed machine-made paper, gilt with brass and laquered
84.756
