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  • Tall, narrow panel of aged, elegant wallpaper featuring a central pastoral scene with surrounding floral patterns and ornate borders. The pattern is depicted in pastel colors against a beige background.

Jean Baptiste Pillement

Wallpaper Panel

Maker

In the style of Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808)

Title

Wallpaper Panel

Year

ca. 1780

Medium

  • Woodblock-print on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Woodblock-print on paper

Geography

Place Made: Paris

Dimensions

172.8 x 41.7 cm (68 1/16 x 16 7/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.875

Type

  • Wallcoverings

Publications

  • Journal

Historic Wallpapers: 1750-1949

  • Books

On the Wall Contemporary Wallpaper

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

The owner of this paper framed a repeating pattern with a floral border, even painting a thin brown line to make it look like a real picture frame. This panel may have been made to fit within a framework of molding on a wall. The thin mismatched strip added down the left side may indicate the owner’s desire not to waste any extra paper.

Historic Wallpapers, 1750-1949
Jan 17, 2003 – Apr 06, 2003
Furniture in Print
Pattern Books from the Redwood Library
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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In the style of Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808)
Wallpaper Panel, ca. 1780
Woodblock-print on paper
172.8 x 41.7 cm (68 1/16 x 16 7/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 34.875

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