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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.

Gilles-Paul Cauvet

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper,

Description

Maker

  • Jean-Baptiste Réveillon
  • Gilles-Paul Cauvet

Title

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

Medium

wood-block printed

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Woodblock print on paper

Techniques

  • Woodblock print on paper

Dimensions

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

Place

Place Made: Paris

Type

  • Wallcoverings

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.910

About

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

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Place Made: Paris

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

November 15, 2024 - May 11, 2025

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