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Scuffed wallpaper with multiple turquoise and brown-toned  jagged zigzag lines layered and repeated on top of a muted background.
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  • Scuffed wallpaper with multiple turquoise and brown-toned  jagged zigzag lines layered and repeated on top of a brown muted background.
  • Scuffed wallpaper with multiple turquoise and brown-toned  jagged zigzag lines layered and repeated on top of a muted background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Maker

Unknown Maker, French

Culture

French

Title

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Year

ca. 1780

Medium

  • Woodblock print on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Woodblock print on paper

Materials

wood-block printed

Geography

Place Made: Lyons

Dimensions

67 x 48 cm (26 3/8 x 18 7/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.928

Type

  • Wallcoverings

Exhibition History

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

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Unknown Maker, French
Wallpaper Imitating Fabric, ca. 1780
Woodblock print on paper
67 x 48 cm (26 3/8 x 18 7/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 34.928

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