Tan wallpaper with repeating motifs of mythological statues standing on winged creatures with interlacing tails, and holding up colorful floral bouquets, which extend upwards to contain birds and landscape pendants.
Blue-toned wallpaper featuring small, circular landscape paintings surrounded by floral wreaths with stone figures holding floral bouquets and standing on mythical winged creatures.
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Gilles-Paul Cauvet

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

Maker

In the style of Gilles-Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788)
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (French, 1753–1791), manufacturer

Title

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

Year

1789

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wood-block printed

Geography

Place Made: Paris

Dimensions

109 x 49 cm (42 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.910

Type

Exhibition History

The Art of French Wallpaper Design
Nov 15, 2024 – May 11, 2025

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Tombstone

In the style of Gilles-Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788)
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (French, 1753–1791), manufacturer
Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper, 1789
Woodblock print on paper
109 x 49 cm (42 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 34.910

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