The Art of French Wallpaper Design

This publication discusses the history, making, and conservation of French wallpapers from the 1700s and 1800s, collected by Charles and Frances Wilson Huard and now in the care of the RISD Museum.

Contributors

Emily Banas
Andrew Raftery
Brianna Turner

Publisher & Date

RISD Museum, 2024

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Selected Objects

Vintage repetitive wallpaper sample depicting a dense, ornate, blue and cream pattern showcasing paisleys and intricate stylized floral motifs on a rich tan-toned base.

Atelier Boulard

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of bright white swans within idyllic pond scenes. The vignettes are decorated with blue floral motifs on a deep red background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Flowers and Swans Wallpaper

Segment of vintage wallpaper depicting a rustic pattern of brown florals and intricate swirl motifs on a richly tan-toned, textured background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Closeup of a tapestry’s edge showing two figures picking flowers. A green floral border lines the outermost edge, followed by a red dotted border which repeats on both sides.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Wallpaper

Dynamic scene of a charioteer in a red cape driving a horse-drawn chariot, set against a dramatic backdrop of stormy skies and rugged terrain.

Unknown Maker, French

Mythological Scene Wallpaper

Weathered, light brown wallpaper with an upper shaded floral border and faint floral motifs surrounding an embellished, electric green three-legged chalice made out of three birds with outstretched wings.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Directoire Vase Wallpaper Border

Multiple incomplete designs of borders with pink and purple flowers, yellow scroll details, and blue ribbon between graphite guidelines.

Unknown Maker, French

Designs for Wallpaper Borders

Incomplete wallpaper design with a yellow floral and swirling leaf pattern with a faint graphite sketch on the left sandwiched between horizontal stripes.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for a Wallpaper Border

Elegant floral arrangement of pink, green, and yellow flowers at center surrounded by intricate graphite vines and scrolls, drawn on aged paper.

Unknown Maker, French

Design Drawing for Wallpaper

Print of repeating blue vases with a floral, geometric border above and thin lined border below. Yellow dotted embellishments are along its neck and raised leaf motifs around its base.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado

Vertical design featuring a lyre and a vignette of figures surrounded by an ivory frame with pink flowers and green foliage set against a backdrop of delicate speckles.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Classical Figures and Drapery Wallpaper

A decorative crest featuring a white fan-shaped motif on a dark red background encased by golden swirls and bordered by green

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of lush, oversized pink florals, peacocks, and classical architectural structures. The repeat design is set on a distressed beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Birds Wallpaper

Repetitive design of white rosettes arranged in a grid set against a golden yellow background with a subtle leafy pattern.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Lively outdoor scene showing a crowd gathering around a seated figure dressed in black who is entertaining them. In the distance, a cityscape and a clear sky can be seen.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of the Life of King Henri IV

Tall panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a diagonal pattern of bucolic pastoral and architectural scenes amidst lush blue florals on a pale pink background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Les Ilets Champetres Wallpaper

Antique wallpaper made of individual teal tiles featuring urns and musical instruments surrounded by foliage motifs within a rounded four-leaf clover. The instrument tiles and urn tiles are arranged alternatingly.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Wallpaper

Zuber & Cie

Decorative Lamp Wallpaper

Wallpaper pattern of alternating grey and white floral medallions and rosettes within octagonal frames on a neutral beige background

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Ceiling Wallpaper (Papier Plafond)

Wallpaper fragment depicting a golden, ornate column with a lion head, florals, and leaf motifs, accented by a bright blue base. Set against a blue-gray backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Capital

Fragment set on a beige background depicting an ornate bird with outstretched wings surrounded by blue, pink, and purple flowers with green and gold leaves hanging from a brown branches.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Segment of vintage repeating wallpaper featuring baskets filled with lush vibrant flowers and linking decorative garlands, on a faded and distressed blue canvas.

Pierre Cietti

Arabesque Wallpaper

Ripped, black and white print of a lively Grecian town with luscious trees and figures sitting, socializing, and riding horseback throughout. An established town with a dam is behind them.

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Wallpaper Border with Italian Landscape

Painting of one three-legged vase between two round vases which are placed in the archways of an architectural backdrop. The vases and archways are bronze with white patterning against a blue background placed in the archways of an architectural backdrop.

Simon

Wallpaper Dado Arcades and Vases

Intricate and elegant patterns of draping florals and tassel motifs done in white appear embossed on a warm dark orange backdrop

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Flowers and Garlands Wallpaper

Aged, cream wallpaper containing thin blue stems and oblong leaves with red, yellow, and blue and white striped flowers repeating and overlapping on top of each other throughout.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Red leaf-like shapes in a repeating zig-zag formation bordered by two red lines and set against a green background with wavy vertical brown lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

A thin gold top layer with leafy arches sitting upon a wider blue floral section interspersed with diagonal gold bands and gold emblems with florals.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Delicate and surreal repeating ornamental column of leafy flower stalks emerging from the flowerbud of the stalk below it. The pattern repeats infinitely against a lattice-patterned yellow backdrop.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Morning-Glory Pattern Wallpaper

Lively print of unleashed dogs and six well dressed figures, five on horseback and one with multiple leashed dogs, speedily coming towards a deer running shoreside. A large castle with a bridge and gazebo are in the distance.

Unknown Maker, French

Hunting Scene Wallpaper

Border with a deep red central panel with intricate orange floral patterning. Accented on the left with a silver side panel with repeating diamond shapes and floral medallions.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Border depicting a pink and teal wavy ribbon with white and light green highlights. Layered by a navy stripe and darker blue stripe against a teal background and black base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Two pink flowers with green stalks and yellow dots reflected vertically, with smaller purple blossoms below. Split by two thin yellow stripes and bordered by yellow bands with scroll ornamentation.

Unknown Maker, French

Pair of Wallpaper Borders

Pastoral wallpaper panel with diamond-shaped vignettes, each containing an idyllic, rural scene, bordered by verdant foliage against a faded aqua background.

Unknown Maker

Rustic Scenes Wallpaper

Two sets of floral designs. A grid nine on the left in muted red, blue, and yellow on blue and a grid of brighter colors on cream on the right.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper or Fabric

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Roses and Trellis Wallpaper

Cream, vertical wallcovering with a stone statue holding a garland, standing atop an orange pedestal, in an archway,with a teal circular medallion of a cherub riding a lion below.

Etienne de Lavallée

Flowers and Figures Wallpaper

Aged, rust-toned floral wallpaper containing birds atop tiny silver bird cages surrounded by various sized groups of light pink and white roses with dark blue leaves attached to them throughout.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Garlands and Flowers Wallpaper

Aged, gray wallpaper with orange and black floral borders, and two vases in the center, one with birds as handles and the other with winged women sitting on its mouth.

Dusserre & Cie

Wallpaper Frieze

Large blue and white flowers with detailed petals and dark green leaves set against a light background with a braided brown trim along the bottom edge.

Zuber & Cie

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring vignetted pastoral and hunting scenes. Figures and dogs are placed on a beige ground and framed by lush florals on a mottled gray background.

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Flower and Little Savoyan Peasants Wallpaper

Wallpaper section depicting mythological battles framed within ancient columns. The figures are done in warm sepia tones, while the columns and backdrop are done in muted jade green.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Dado

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado Cupid and Psyche

Scene depicting Paris’ momentous decision, flanked by the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite with Hermes as an observer, set against a subtle tan background.

Xavier Mader

The Judgment of Paris (Le jugement de Pâris) Wallpaper

Crinkled, yellow wallpaper with repeating figures, sitting and riding a horse, enclosed in rotated diamond frames, against vertical stripes made out of yellow wavy lines and black-dotted white sections.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Diamond-Shape Design Wallpaper

Wallpaper featuring alternating vertical stripes of poppies and ornamental floral motifs in a palette of blue, white, and taupe.

Unknown Maker, French

Poppies and Ornaments Wallpaper

Scene with several central figures engaged in animated dialogue surrounded by a gathering of onlookers in an ancient, classical looking open-air public square.

Unknown Maker, French

Antique Scene Wallpaper

Scene depicting two men dressed in armor and finery within a garden and a distant estate. One man is kneeling before the other, who is helping him to his feet.

Unknown Maker, French

Henri IV and Biron or Crillon

Ripped wallpaper with two red flower garlands draping into the center to overlap onto a circular white flower garland, which surrounds a spiky sun-shape with a light green dotted center.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Aged, tan wallpaper with blue leaves and brown and blue flowers attached to thin, winding light brown branches throughout. Small dotted blue flowers extend and surround the branches.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Drapery

Wallpaper fragment depicting a warm gold column with ornate floral and shell carvings set against a blue-gray background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Capital

A triangular shaped fragment with intricate pink, red, and green designs with a curved edge along the top. Painted on aged paper.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper or Textile

Weathered, dusty-pink wallpaper containing remnants of tall, broken buildings and pillars surrounded by curving trees and working figures directing farm animals.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Bronze urn with leave-like handles that extend across its body. Below, a group of winged babies pull back a goat. Detailed carved lines surround the body and handles.

Unknown Maker, French

Classical Vase Wallpaper

Aged, bronze bordered, gray wallpaper of a chalice with bronze floral detailing around its rim and body, which extends outwards onto a stone pedestal. Four birds sit atop the chalice.

Zuber & Cie

Directoire Wallpaper border

Layered, light blue rectangular wallpaper with tan scuffed marks on top, brown blemished film on bottom, and granite-like texture made out of overlapping, blue and white patchy, thin lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Tall, vertical mural featuring a serene classical scene. Three figures stand in the shade of a stone archway with ‘The Nymphs’ carved into it in Latin.

Xavier Mader

Anthénor Wallpaper

Thin stripe with intricate green, pink, yellow, and blue flowers and swirling vines and leaves on a light cream background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Decorative duotone maroon-teal pattern featuring a symmetrical arrangement of urns and floral motifs, bordered by geometric shapes. The items appear three-dimensional despite being a flat wallpaper.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Wallpaper Dado

Blue floral wallpaper with a woman in elaborate dress and outstretched arms towards a winged baby in front of a head statue. Above, two brown dogs are impaled by arrows.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Cupid Enchained Wallpaper

Scene portraying two haloed figures and a glowing baby in a palm grove, with a dramatic sunset sky and tropical flora around.

Unknown Maker, French

The Flight into Egypt Wallpaper

A wallpaper panel depicting a palatial courtyard framed by ornate blue and green drapery with stone archways, columns, and two lion statues flanking a cobblestone path.

Unknown Maker, French

View of Venice Wallpaper

Fragment with an inward curve cutout on the right. Swirling floral ornamentation in green, yellow, and orange set against a cream background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a central figure in a garden scene, surrounded by ornate ivory vase-like elements and botanical motifs. The design is set against a sky-blue backdrop.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Sight (La Vüe) Wallpaper

Visibly aged and yellowed vintage floral wallpaper depicting bouquets, classical profiles within medallions, and twisting ribbons in a desaturated pink and blue color scheme on a cream background.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Arabesque and Flowers Wallpaper

Segment of wallpaper depicting an elegant nature scene of pheasants amid lush flora with vibrant blooming pink, white, and blue flowers on a pale background.

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Wallpaper with Birds and Flowers

Tall and narrow panel of vintage wallpaper depicting mirror-imaged mythological scenes. They feature intricate foliage, architectural elements and ornamental motifs in white on a faded teal background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesque Wallpaper

Brown bordered wallpaper containing large blue hydrangeas with thick brown leaves and stems, mirrored and repeated down the center, overtop a white and gray lacelike floral pattern.

Unknown Maker

Pair of Wallpaper Borders

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Vertical black and orange ovals and circles, set against a bright teal backdrop with scuffs around the bottom.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of tropical scenes with palm trees, people in boats, and flora. The repeat is depicted in a monochrome coral palette with brown accents.

Unknown Maker, French

Chinoiserie Wallpaper

Pink flowers nestled in golden leaves framed by a thin yellow stripe on top and a yellow band with floral patterning at the base. Set against a blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Floral pattern featuring pink flowers, green leaves, and clusters of blue berries. A red butterfly at the top right and a blue and yellow bird at the bottom right.

Dufour et Leroy

Birds Butterflies, and Flowers Wallpaper

A decorative grey floral pattern featuring teardrop petals radiating from the center accented with dots between the petals, set on a brown background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Aged, geometric wallpaper made out of repeated blue cubes with an open top. Each side of the cube is a different shade of blue creating the illusion of vertical depth.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Geometric Ornaments (Ornements Géométriques)

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Atelier Boulard

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Oval center frame with yellow, green, and white leaf and feather motifs set against a fragmented brown background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Ornament

Brown-toned landscape painting with a large pillared archway in front of a fenced lawn containing plants and several sitting and standing figures sprawled throughout, all against a blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Gardens of the Palais Royal (Jardin du Palais Royal) Wallpaper

Weathered, blue wallpaper with repeating motifs of white doves next to white ribboned pink and white flower bouquets and in blotchy textured black trees.

Unknown Maker, French

Birds and Flowers Wallpaper

Aged print of two women sitting and looking out a stone arched window that is surrounded by leaves, against a blue background with text underneath reading “les filles se chappe”

Unknown Maker, French

The Escaped Ticket (Le Billet Echappé) Wallpaper

Narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a central figure carrying a vase in a garden scene, surrounded by botanical motifs in ivory. The design is set against a sky-blue backdrop.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Smell (L’Odorat) Wallpaper

Zuber & Cie

Spring (Le Printemps) Wallpaper

Wallpaper with a repeating pattern made out of white flower bouquets surrounded by white leaves and blue and white petaled flowers repeated vertically and horizontally against a blue and black striped background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Vintage, classic segment of wallpaper with a blue and white paisley pattern organized in vertical columns. The design features a variety of flowers, with lush vines spiraling around them.

Atelier Boulard

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Dubuisson et Basset

Fishing Scene Wallpaper

A teardrop-shaped motif with orange flowers with light green stems bordered by orange dotted patterns and white scrolls on a dark background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of vintage geometric wallpaper depicting a black and white gridded pattern featuring diamond shapes and circular motifs arranged in a precise, repeating design.

Atelier Boulard

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Panel of elegant vintage wallpaper featuring a richly colored central arrangement of exotic birds and flowers interspersed with smaller floral clusters on a faded canvas

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Birds Wallpaper

Narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of figures in pagodas wearing traditional orange robes. The design is accented with ornamental shapes and set against a brown-gray background.

Simon

Pagoda and Flowers Wallpaper

Tan, aged wallpaper with repeating motifs of multicolored flowers and leaves on brown jagged branches. Tiny, colorful butterflies and birds on branches repeat throughout.

Joseph Dufour

Wallpaper

Weathered, dark blue wallpaper with repeating, pillared railing that circularly surrounds roosters standing on top and around a circular basket, and a yellow stone “housed” well below it.

Unknown Maker, French

Landscapes Enclosed in Ovals Wallpaper

Dark green leaves on curling golden vines intertwining a horizontal gold pole, set above a section of intricate geometric teal patterns.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Light blue wallpaper with alternating, repeating motifs of hexagon framed landscapes and a group of laying babies wrapped around pink ribbon, and holding teal marbles that surround the framed landscapes.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesques Cupids, and Landscapes Wallpaper

Graphite drawing of florals in a basket surrounded by leafy branches drawn off center to the left on delicate white paper with wrinkles.

Unknown Maker, French

Design Drawing for Wallpaper

Segment of yellowed wallpaper featuring an undulating red and white motif bordered by intricate curved details; set against a faded blue backdrop. A botanical shape is placed below the curve.

Basset

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Aged, blue wallpaper of a couple, in elaborate dress, holding each other at their sides. Below, a pillared building surrounded by water is encased in a white, textured circular frame

Simon

Wallpaper

Vertically striped blue and white patterned wallcovering with repeating motifs of animals, figures, and buildings, in orange, within blue hexagonal frames overtop.

Simon

Wallpaper

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Baskets and Garlands Wallpaper

Light blue, blemished wallpaper with various sized orange and blue butterflies in the center of a grid made out of intersecting green garlands with red berries

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a central figure with an animal in a garden scene, surrounded by botanical motifs in ivory. The design is against a light sky-blue backdrop.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Hearing (L’Ouie) Wallpaper

Ornate frieze of swirling acanthus leaves and florals between two rows of decorative borders in a vibrant palette of teal, orange, and brown.

Unknown Maker, French

Empire-Style Wallpaper Frieze

Vertical panel with classical vignettes of figures in pastoral settings, framed by botanical elements on a delicately speckled background. The color palette consists of muted creams, pinks, greys, and blue-greens.

Duras and Boulard

Romantic Subject Wallpaper

Green leafy tulip to the left of a cluster of pink flowers, topped by green and pink florals and a floral base. On aged paper with additional sketches.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper Border

Monochromatic floral design featuring scattered black flowers and swirling vines with intricate lace sketches on aged paper.

Unknown Maker, French

Design Drawing for Wallpaper

Mythical chariot scene depicting a winged figure holding up a flaming torch in a chariot drawn by two horses. The grey oval medallion is framed by a teal foliage wreath.

Unknown Maker, French

Antique Medallion Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment featuring two vivid golden-yellow Corinthian columns adorned with lion heads, acanthus leaves, and florals with a teal stripe lining the base. The backdrop is gray and water stained.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of Two Column Capitals

Flat frieze featuring ornate acanthus scrolls, swans, snakes, and floral motifs in a continuous pattern that appears three-dimensional on a neutral background.

Manufacture Jouanny, Paris, France

Wallpaper Border

Brown wallpaper with repeating motifs of large multicolored flower bouquets, gray and orange birds, and smaller pink flower bouquets repeated overtop tiny light brown leaves on thin vines throughout.

Unknown Maker, French

Birds and Flowers Wallpaper

Tan, aged wallpaper with a ripped upper left corner, and a winding, red floral garland above interlocking thin brown branches with small leaves, blueberries, and red ribbon in the center.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Segment of traditional Chinese wallpaper depicting four people in scholarly attire walking in a serene courtyard. The scene features intricate railings and potted plants, with a peacock in the foreground.

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Wallpaper with a Court Scene

Segment of wallpaper featuring a vibrant,idyllic scene of individuals wearing flowing garments in a lush garden with a trellis. Floral motifs surround the scene set against a blue backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of Venus at Her Toilette

Deep teal wallpaper with eccentric, red flowers and long blue leaves attached to winding dark blue branches throughout.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Garlands and Flowers Wallpaper

White and red flowers with leafy stalks growing out of a pink and black basket with a diamond shape medallion depicting instruments. Bordered by leaves with a gray backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

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

Dynamic historical scene portraying a crowd of assorted figures, from armored soldiers to robed civilians, in a camp with a red canopy set against a stormy sky and distant cityscape.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Depicting Darius’s Family at the Feet of Alexander Imploring Mercy

Striped light and dark turquoise wallpaper with white geometric patterning overtop. The left side contains a pink ribbon wrapping around a leaf garland and two brown embellished vertical lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Tan paper with two mirror-image designs of green floral vines overtop layered red, yellow, and blue curved lines. Unreadable handwritten cursive text is below.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Design Ornament

A floral motif constructed of teal stripes that form petals, surrounded by six dots on a dark background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Framed, aged print of five armored, emerald green figures on a raised checkered floor. Several symbols line the base of the checkered floor and text below reads “ “colere d’achile.”

Simon

The Rage of Achilles (Colère d’Achille) Wallpaper

La Veuve Tissot et Sainte-Agathe

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Border

Tall, narrow panel of aged wallpaper featuring a mirrored pattern of intricate, golden botanical motifs against a dark, worn background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Tan wallpaper with eight, blue circular-framed repeating motifs of buildings and figures working, all on a bridge, arranged in a 5 by 4 grid. outlined flowers line the grid’s intersections.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Delft Tiles Wallpaper

Aged, brown print of various aged figures performing household chores on a winding hilltop with trees. The older figures hang laundry and tend the fields and younger figures comb goats.

Unknown Maker, French

Landscape Wallpaper

Tall, vertical painting fragment with signs of weathering showing leisurely figures by a riverbank surrounded by lush tropical foliage and a clear sky with hazy mountains in the distance.

Jean-Gabriel Charvet

Captain Cook (Capitaine Cook) Wallpaper

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper Border

Tall, elegant depiction of an ancient warrior statue draped in robes standing proudly with a spear, framed within a decorative terracotta border against a sky-blue background.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper of Antique Statue with Drapery Border

Light graphite sketch of a landscape with a church-like structure in the background and a sketch of a tree with red and blue flowers in the foreground on aged paper.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper

Border depicting a striped pink and green flowing ribbon with zigzag edges, set against a dark green background. Framed by repeating light green, horizontal circles and lines.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Panel of vintage fabric wallpaper featuring vertically aligned, faded pink and blue garlands alongside patterned columns of small floral motifs. The design is set on a mottled beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Weathered, dark-brown rectangular painting of a decorative vase containing red flowers and large leaves, between two mythological winged figures, on a turquoise table with etched winged babies and gold embellishments.

Joseph-Laurent Malaine

Vase of Flowers Wallpaper

Aged, sunset painting of a vast city with bridges, tall circular buildings and grand houses close to the shore. People horseback riding and in boats are in the water.

Jacques Callot

Tour of Nesle and the City (La Tour de Nesle et La Cité) Wallpaper

Crinkled, brown wallpaper with torn, taped edges, pink and purple flower bouquets with multicolored feathers, against a tan background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Ornament

Tan, crinkled wallpaper of a repeating orange figure, standing, holding various objects, within an orange-lined oval frame with floral embellishments. Looping blue ribbons and floral wreaths wrap around the figures.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesques and Savoyan Children Wallpaper

A warm gold and brown border split horizontally with a thin section of arched motifs, a wider middle section of triangular ribbon patterns and a base of thin vertical stripes.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Three smaller green ovals flanked by two large ovals, outlined in gold and teal. Bordered by dark green stripes on a light beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper featuring detailed mandalas made of leaf and foliage designs that transition from a muted orange, to sunny yellow, to a cool teal at the center.

Zuber & Cie

Irisé Wallpaper

Border fragment with a colorful center frame depicting a human figure upon an arched form, framed by white scroll designs and dark red florals and linework.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

A circular emblem featuring a central flower surrounded by abstract petals and dotted accents in light gray.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

A large gold star with a central floral design and ornamented points at the center of a white circle with interspersed gray flowers.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Ornate floral design in pink and green surrounded by intricate graphite floral designs on aged paper.

Unknown Maker, French

Design Drawing for Wallpaper

Aged, brown wallpaper with repeating motifs of large pink flowers surrounded by smaller pink flower bouquets, green leaves, and a faint blue knotted ribbon.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for a Wallpaper Border

Aged, dark brown wallpaper with a singular white flower and stem, diagonal to a yellow stemmed blue, red, and white flower bouquet with yellow leaves.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Ornament

Panel of vintage fabric wallpaper depicting an abstract geometric blue and peach pattern on a tan background. The design is vertically aligned and features a centric textured blue stripe.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Symmetrical, cream wallcovering featuring colorful floral bouquets, a woman holding two babies in stone, turquoise hanging embellishments, and a laying winged baby within a turquoise medallion and pink floral wreath.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

Aged, light brown wallpaper of repeating cubes stacked on top of each other each with a flower design on top made out of alternating green and white petals.

La Veuve Tissot et Sainte-Agathe

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Classical motif of overflowing fruit-filled vases and pillars adorned with laurels in shades of terracotta and gray against a weathered gray background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Dado Baskets of Fruit

Mustard yellow triangular shaped fabric with gray blemished borders, blue dots surrounding faint yellow lines, and multiple pink droopy flowers with white dotted centers and leaves, against a peach background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper or Textile

Floral pattern featuring red and blue flowers with green leaves interlocking with white floral patterns set against a beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper

Tall panel of aged wallpaper depicting a central urn motif, surrounded by symmetrical foliage and floral designs, alongside drapery in soft colors. Pattern is set on an yellowed, beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

A decorative panel with intricate scrollwork surrounding a central oval medallion depicting a romanticized landscape scene.

Arthur et Robert

Wallpaper Bandeaux and Pilasters

A decorative brown panel featuring a symmetrical white floral design with curved leaves and geometric patterns.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Elaborate trophy tribute to Homer, with his bust prominently placed atop a classical pedestal, adorned with laurels, flanked by mythical griffins, and surrounded by instruments of poetry and knowledge.

Xavier Mader

Trophy with Bust of Homer Wallpaper

Decorative pattern of various metallic brown vases surrounded by large, vivid blooming flowers set against a warm orange backdrop with subtle teal medallions and gold patterns.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Flowers and Ornaments Wallpaper

Decorative design featuring a cluster of three pale pink flowers with green stems and smaller buds, which have green centers with yellow highlights set against a brown backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of wallpaper depicting a vibrant scene with four elegantly dressed women gathered around a table, and a person kneeling besides. The scene is set in an idyllic garden.

Charles-André (Carle) van Loo

Summer (L’Été) Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of a gold pineapple motif with floral and leaf patterned linework set against a deep blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for a Wallpaper Border

Fragment of vintage repetitive wallpaper depicting silhouetted chrysanthemums, curved vines and leaves. A smaller piece of wallpaper is torn off and placed to the right side of the larger portion.

Unknown Maker, French

Domino Paper (Papier Dominoté)

Unknown Maker, French

Ribbons and Stripes Wallpaper

Gray wallpaper with ripped edges, stains, and a repeating floral pattern made out of red and blue flower bouquets surrounded by multiple overlapping red and blue floral garlands.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Two identical borders of intricate pink and blue floral patterns framed by green vine-like and leafy forms on a cream background with faint gray leafs.

Unknown Maker, French

Pair of Wallpaper Borders

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of romantic vignettes of figures. They are set in pastoral scenes framed by blue and pink garlands set against a mottled, terracotta canvas.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesques with Cupids Wallpaper

Vignette of a woman in red classical attire dancing with a child standing on a white marble platform, set within a floating garden against a water stained dark blue field.

Dufour et Leroy

Maternal Love (L’Amour Maternel) Wallpaper

Cream wallpaper with a thin, yellow grid that is alternately filled in with thick transparent blue marker, creating an eccentric checkerboard pattern with variations in the center.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Ornate blue floral and berry design at center set against a beige background. Surrounded by ornate blue patterning against a black background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper Border or Ornament

Wallpaper with bold teal and black stylized urns on a textured marble gray background with an ornate black foliage pattern lining the bottom trim.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Dado

Sculptural figure draped in flowing robes holding a cup in one hand and a wheat bundle in the other. An elaborate terracotta border frames the figure and the blue background.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper of Antique Statue with Drapery Border

Aged print of a man and woman wearing layered clothing standing next to trees and a small cottage. The man plays fiddle and woman is barefoot holding a filled apron.

Unknown Maker, French

The Poor Blind Man Wallpaper

Multicolored, floral wallpaper with large, repeating gold leaves along the bottom and a thick golden top border made out of embellished, repeating flowers and leaves.

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper Border

Thin strip with floral patterns in green, blue, pink, and yellow, with swirling vines and leaves on a light cream background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Classical wallpaper border strip featuring teal ornamental motifs of swans, bouquets, and leafy vines against a gray background. Small light gray floral accents dot the gray background.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Wallpaper Frieze

Print of multiple tall, outdoor archways, with engraved geometric patterning and sculpted statues, extending out into a sunset horizon. Various groups, all accompanied by a guard, stand within the archways.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border The Adventures of Don Quixote

Tan, rectangular wallpaper with yellow molding along the top and various sized pink flowers surrounded by green leaves and yellow tassels overtop a brown floral pattern.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Ornate golden wave pattern with a central flora; motif on a deep red brown background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

A circular green floral motif with six symmetrical petals outlined in white, with a black circular center and black dot accents.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of romanticized architectural scenes with ruins, bridges, and florals on a weathered background. Botanical motifs are scattered throughout the blue and pink design.

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Wallpaper

Aged square painting of a brick house next to a river and trees with a floral border. Two sitting figures look towards a figure on a bridge next to them.

Unknown Maker

Wallpaper Landscape with Flower Border

A dark yellow and brown border with a wide section of horizontal leaf motifs and a narrower base of thin vertical stripes.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Ripped and weathered, cream painting of two large multicolored birds chained by the neck to a metal, fruit filled, vase on top of a three-legged pedestal.

Etienne de Lavallée

Captive Birds Wallpaper

Classical scene of a woman dressed in pink robes, accompanied by a lamb, kneeling to place an offering a vase of pink flowers before a statue of a cupid.

Dufour et Leroy

The Altar of Love (L’Autel de l’Amour) Wallpaper

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Alternating yellow flowers and blue foliage set above a pattern of repeating black and pink circles, against a light blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Stylized lyre motif which is yellow in the top half and black in the bottom with detailing throughout. There is a sunburst emblem above the strings.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of yellowed, vintage wallpaper featuring repeating columns of ornate copper florals and intricate borders against an aged teal background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Flat wall detail featuring draped curtains that appear three-dimensional, laurel wreaths, decorative classical columns, and tassels, all in warm sepia tones.

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Wallpaper Frieze Simulating Plasterwork and Drapery

Thick winding leaf garland with large multicolored flowers and knotted ribbons against a light aqua background. An elaborate tan and light pink geometric border is at the top and bottom.

Joseph-Laurent Malaine

Wallpaper Border with Roses

Tan sheet of paper with various pencil marks and stains, brown handwritten text on the top left reading “17 mass 1786 np. 60,” and a red stamp on the lower right side that reads “manufacture de Ferrouillat and co. Lyon.”

Ferrouillat et Cie

Trademark of Ferrouillat

Wallpaper fragment depicting the base of a gold column with floral and scroll patterns, a rounded diagonally striped base and a rectangular foundation. Set against a light blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Column Base

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

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Symmetrical orange medallions reminiscent of mandalas arranged in a diagonal grid atop a psychedelic gradient of mint green and peach.

Zuber & Cie

Irisé Wallpaper

Pastoral scene of a winged cherub playing in a patch of lush greenery and blooms, contrasting with the rich blue surrounding background.

Dufour et Leroy

Little Allegories Wallpaper

Zuber & Cie

Winter (L’Hiver) Wallpaper

Dark yellow and brown border with a narrow section of repeating ovals and circles sits on a wide middle section of repeating ovals and leaf patterns. Slim base of vertical stripes.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Black floral ornamentation in oval shapes with intricate scrolls on a deep red background. A thinner section of interwoven circles sits at the bottom.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Aged, dark brown print of two women, sitting beneath architectural ruins in elaborate dress, facing a man, with a cane, who’s leaned into them talking. Trees and goats surround them.

Unknown Maker, French

Landscape Wallpaper

Border depicting green and pink bunched fabric set against a gray background and dark green base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

A circular yellow flower motif on a brown base, with radiating petals framed by looping details.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper design depicting a branch with various leaves with textured patterns in washy gray, blue, and green tones.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper Border

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a diagonal pattern of pink, playful, cherubs alongside blue botanical motifs on an aged beige background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

A border with a thin band of repeating circles, a wider middle section of leaf-like chapes, and a broad base of thin vertical stripes in brown and dark yellow tones.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Bright green cloud-like ornamentation enclosed by pale purple scrolls and arches. Thin purple vertical lines hang from thicker horizontal lines from the top. Set against a black background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Aged, cream wallpaper with repeating motifs of butterflies, diamond bordered, circular landscapes, and two young children, one on a pedestal and the other standing, surrounded by instruments and plants.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Cupid Wallpaper

Intricately shaded teal cone shaped object with gold embellishments hanging from gold chains, with a draped beige cloth hanging down from its tip on a light blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of repeating brown illustrations of wildlife in nature, surrounded by vibrant, decorative floral chains and foliage motifs; set on a faded blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Subjects Wallpaper

Panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a floral pattern of scattered pink flowers, green foliage, and interspersed butterflies throughout; on a stained blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and butterflies

Pastoral vignettes encapsulated within orange diamonds on a pale blue aged fabric background. The scenes and landscapes bear some vaguely Asian motifs like pagodas and bamboo.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Classical, antique illustration of a laurel-crowned figure in Grecian draped robes of muted green and red holding a bronze vase against a blue background.

Monchablon

Antique Figure of a Young Woman (Figure à L’Antique de Jeune Femme) Wallpaper Overdoor Panel (Dessus de Porte)

Tan, aged wallpaper of two repeating oval portraits, one of a man and the other a woman, both in elbarote dress encircled by delicate floral wreaths and leafy scrolls.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

A vivid blue, asymmetrical design with golden floral accents and curling elements.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Graphite drawing of a lyre with a central human figure crowned by triangular rays. It’s framed by ram-like figures and sits on a base of detailed scrolls and winged animals.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper Ornament

Circular vignette depicting a monkey amidst tropical foliage and fruit, encased within a decorative, dotted border on a burgundy field.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Animals Wallpaper

A teardrop-shaped motif with purple flowers with light green stems, surrounded by a dotted purple border and gold scrolls on a dark background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Aged light blue wallpaper speckled with gray tiny leaves and repeating motifs of aged archways, columns, and a woman in elaborate dress sitting in the grass holding a baby.

Jean-Baptiste Fay

Maternal Love Wallpaper

Decorative frieze featuring scenes within semi-circles surrounded by flowers alternating with bronze winged figures holding up urns. The color palette is a subdued mint, pink, bronze, and cream.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Frieze Psyche and Love

A decorative brown top band with black and white leaf motifs, separated from a gray base by a black stripe.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Floral ornamentation in shades of bright green, blue, and pink with a yellow and green dragonfly-like motif at center. Set on a beige background.

Dufour et Leroy

Birds Butterflies, and Flowers Wallpaper

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Turquoise wallpaper with granite-like texture made out of thin blue and white jagged, overlapping lines throughout. The upper half of the wallpaper is darker with brown, weathered blemishes.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Light blue wallpaper with repeating motifs of peach floral bouquets in gold urns and two birds in a columned archway. White wreaths and pink embellishments surround and top the archway.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Flowers and Doves (Fleurs et Colombes) Wallpaper

Vertical tapestry panel with three sepia-toned vignettes. Two identical vignettes of a cupid frolicking sandwich a center wreath-framed vignette depicting a kneeling woman in classical garb.

Duras and Boulard

Romantic Subject Wallpaper

Jovial scene with figures in classical attire sat around a table toasting with goblets. The gathering is outdoors in a vineyard with a brick wall framing the table.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of the Life of King Henri IV

Alternating gold pine cone-like shapes and teal floral motifs set against a light beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Horizontal border depicting a bundle of green stalks wrapped in a leafy vine of pink, white, and red flowers framed against a white background and deep red base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of a navy blue wallpaper depicting a garden scene of a lady in a red chiton dancing with a child standing on a white marble pedestal.

Dufour et Leroy

Maternal Love (L’Amour Maternel) Wallpaper

Aged, blue and white vertically striped wallpaper with brown and green coiled ropes intersecting and draping on top of each other. Three pulleys hold the ropes in place.

Unknown Maker, French

Stripes and Tassels Wallpaper

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Segment of wallpaper depicting a classical, vibrant scene with three people playing outside. One person is on a sled, while another pushes it; a child is running in front.

Charles-André (Carle) van Loo

Winter (L’Hiver) Wallpaper

Orange wallpaper with curved edges and repeating large, navy blue leaves on top of winding white thorny vines throughout, against a tan background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper or Textile

Aged, polka-dotted cream wallpaper with repeating light gray winged baby statues standing on a pedestal. Stemmed salmon pink flowers and floral garlands, which vary in size, surround the pedestal.

Unknown Maker, French

Garlands and Cupids Wallpaper

Light blue wallpaper with small, red strawberries and green leaves attached to intertwining green vines throughout.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Garlands and Strawberry Branches Wallpaper

Aged, light blue wallpaper of two well-dressed figures in mid flight within a garden. Above them is an architectural scene framed in beaded white fabric that extends above and below.

Simon

Wallpaper

Ornate trophy monument consisting of a female bust, musical instruments, a basket with sickles, an assortment of vases and bowls, and twisting vines all set atop an ornamental marble base.

Xavier Mader

Trophy with Bust of a Woman Wallpaper

Brown, wrinkled sheet of paper with an aged black, circular stamp in the center and indistinguishable, handwritten, light brown cursive text below it.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Trademark of Jacquemart et Bénard

Ripped and weathered wallpaper containing repeating motifs of a fountain next to birds in the water and blue ribbons wrapped around various sized groups of stemmed pink flowers and garlands.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Garlands Wallpaper

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Desfossé & Karth

Wallpaper

Tan bordered, turquoise wallpaper with pink leaves and white flowers surrounding repeating diamond shaped pockets made out of short, white vertical lines and three pink flowers on the left side.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Orange, green and blue wallpaper with a gray and white floral pattern throughout, made out of swirls, feather-like leaves, and round oblong flowers.

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment depicting ornate white ceiling border with floral patterns, bead motifs and square tiles set against a blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Panel of elegant, vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of blue pastoral scenes of houses and churches with interspersed foliage motifs, on a distressed brown background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Imitation of a Toile de Jouy

Simon

Wallpaper Border

Weathered print of red and white flower garlands surrounding a lined center pillar which holds a circular pendant above. Instruments, flowers, and draping fabric are at the object’s base.

Unknown Maker, French

Arabesques and Flower Wallpaper

Two riders in period clothing atop a white horse arrive at a clearing while four onlookers standing in the shade greet them. More figures can be seen in the distance.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of the Life of King Henri IV

Dinner scene with three figures dressed in ordinary peasant clothing and one figure clad in opulence and luxury set within a humble wooden and brick house.

Unknown Maker, French

Henri IV at the Table at the House of Michau (Henri IV á Table Chez Michau)

Wrinkled and scuffed brown wallpaper of multiple white hydrangeas with white stems and white outlined green leaves going down the wallpaper’s center.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Ornament

Aged wallpaper containing hanging floral bouquets within blue circular medallions against a pale orange background. Blue vine-like leaves curve around the medallions.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Aged, cream wallpaper with repeating motifs of two winged babies encircling a sleeping dog in brown and tan watercolor. Pink flower bouquets and leaf garlands surround the babies throughout.

Simon

Flowers and Cupids Wallpaper

Gray rectangular panel with an elaborate decorative border and raised hunting scene of two figures, one standing holding an arrow aimed at a bird in flight and the other sitting.

Dubuisson et Basset

Wallpaper Dado

Gray-toned print of a seafront with boats coming to shore and figures socializing next to stone railings, pillared monuments, and trees.Mountains and a city are on the horizon.

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Wallpaper Border with Italian Landscape

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Botanical pattern with green leaves and curled vines, and pink, blue, and yellow patterns set against a soft beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

A light gray floral motif with five heart-shaped petals radiating from a small central star on a darker gray background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Repeating decorative print of white outlined buildings and trees against a white-dotted light blue background. Black and blue floral motifs sit overtop the dotted background and surround the outlined buildings.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Garlands of Flowers Wallpaper

Gray and white wallpaper of three figures, in formal dress, standing and talking next to a tall plant and partial doorway, against a blue, aged background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Depicting Gil Blas

A border with a dark yellow and brown border with a wide section of interlocking fan-shaped shells and triangular leaf shapes on top of a thinner base of vertical stripes.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Border

Aged square painting with a floral border. The painting consists of blue skies, rolling hills, buildings in the distance, and a laying figure next to someone, standing, holding a baby.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Landscape with Flower Borders

Weathered brown painting of a fair-toned figure standing on an open pink shell, wearing a topless white gown, and leading a green scaled creature by a red rope. (28)

Arthur et Robert

Venus Rising from the Waters Wallpaper

Pastoral, leisurely natural scene of a woman playing with a dog among verdant foliage while a cherubic cupid sleeps on the grass next to his bow and quiver.

Dufour et Leroy

Sleeping Love (L’Amour Endormi) Wallpaper

Pink flowers with leafy stalks growing out of a pink and black basket with a diamond shape medallion depicting an instrument. Bordered by leaves with a gray backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

A circular maroon design with a floral design of radiating teardrop motifs and dotted accents, cut horizontally.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Fragment

Panel of vintage wallpaper featuring vibrant floral motifs with a central crest accented in red and gold, and a warrior figure atop. The intricate design is against an olive background.

Arabesque Wallpaper

Border depicting bunched pink cloth bound by green rope, set against a gray background and a dark green base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Weathered, light blue wallpaper with repeating motifs of red and pink flowers next to a black-spotted white dog standing on a tree and looking at a bird in the branches.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Blue, aged wallpaper with repeating white birds on top of pink flowers, a standing jester, and colorful flower bouquets in elaborate free-standing vases. Winding flower garlands surround the empty space

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper

Wallpaper featuring an architectural frieze with ornate and extravagant Corinthian columns and foliage patterns with gold leaf detailing against a gray background.

Joseph Dufour

Wallpaper Dado

Faded beige wallpaper featuring three figures in traditional attire, a dog, and a flock of sheep. Floral ornaments can be seen above and below the pastoral scene.

Joseph Dufour

Romantic Scene Wallpaper

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Wallpaper Border

Tan, aged wallpaper of winding olive brown thorny branches and leaves with blue flowers and tiny light and dark blue dots throughout.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Aged, earth-toned wallpaper with repeating blue vases next to wreaths, birds and crickets on top of horn-like objects, and a green and blue bordered circular pendant of a woman sitting.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Wallpaper

Neoclassical frieze pattern featuring stylized carved structures decorated with acanthus leaves interspersed with geometric diamonds on an olive background. The objects give off the illusion that they’re 3D.

Unknown Maker, French

Diamond and Volute Wallpaper Border

Blue wallpaper with large yellow and white flower arrangements in between repeating white patterned banners which are attached to yellow vases with white flower bouquets and antlers on its sides.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for a Wallpaper Border

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a symmetrical repetitive pattern. The elegant print includes blue, pink, and green tassel motifs placed alongside floral designs; set on an off-white background.

Unknown Maker, French

Bowknots and Tassels Wallpaper

Aged wallpaper with winding, colorful floral wreaths surrounding a topless, green stone statue and a diamond framed waterfront landscape.Two outstretched winged babies stand at the statues sides.

François Louis Prieur

Arabesque Wallpaper

Aged print of four children, three holding straws making bubbles and one without, outside a stone curtained archway, surrounded by small trees and a blue background with text underneath reading “les bulles de savon”

Unknown Maker, French

Soap Bubbles (Les Bulles de Savon) Wallpaper

Wallpaper with a pink and green floral border and two repeating, winding vines with green bordered pink leaves and green dotted geometric shapes, atop a plaid gray pattern underneath.

Unknown Maker, French

Pair of Flocked Wallpaper Borders

Cream wallpaper with repeating jagged brown vertical lines with horizontal brown lines. In between the stripes are repeating blue, pink, and yellow multicolored flowers on thin brown branches.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Fragment of stained, vintage fabric wallpaper featuring delicate black botanical embroidery on a rustic terracotta backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Brown wallpaper with alternate facing triangles repeated horizontally and vertically throughout. The upwards triangle is made of orange and blue blotchy lines and downwards triangle out of jagged horizontal lines

Manufacture Bon

Wallpaper

Opulent scene set in a grand, columned hall depicting a lavishly dressed nobleman commanding attention and engaging with a subservient figure who is kneeling before him.

Unknown Maker, French

Interview between Henri IV and Sully (Entretien d’Henri IV et de Sully)

Vertical pattern with alternating columns of blue floral clusters between diamond accents and wheat sheaves on a patterned beige ground.

Joseph Dufour et Cie

Leaf and Diamond Wallpaper

Elegant and botanical border design of floral swags hanging from wheat sheaves against a patterned sage green backdrop. Ornamental patterns line the bottom trim of the design.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Striped turquoise wallpaper with geometric patterning and three vases: one holding flowers, one with mirrored orange and black feathers on top and bottom, and a yellow and brown cylindrical vase.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Aged, gray wallpaper with orange and black floral borders, and two vases in the center, one with birds as handles and the other with winged women sitting on its mouth.

Dusserre & Cie

Wallpaper Frieze

Border depicting a ruffled pink and green ribbon wrapped with a green rope against a gray background and dark green base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Clusters of purple flowers with bright yellow centers bound by diagonal green and gold striped ribbon.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Interlocking diamonds in yellow and black with flowering triangles at the center of each diamond. Outlined in white and set against a tan background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Aged, light blue wallpaper with a central, winding brown flower branch holding red, pink, blue, and cream flowers, of different species, in bloom. Various pink flowers surround the flower branch.

Joseph-Laurent Malaine

Floral Wallpaper

Aged, gray toned print of fishermen at shore with trees and building ruins on a cliffside behind them. A thick intricate border with leaves and dotted embellishments surrounds the landscape.

Claude-Joseph Vernet

Marine Scene Dado

Wallpaper fragment of pale pink floral designs arranged symmetrically on a yellowing, red background.

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Wallpaper

Light blue wallpaper filled with different red, pink and yellow flowers on a singular winding branch. Tiny blue and green flower buds and petals surround the branch.

Joseph-Laurent Malaine

Floral Wallpaper

Wallpaper segment filled with elaborate, dense, and crowded green stitching that forms swirling floral patterns and foliage on a dark brown canvas.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Alternating red vertical rectangular columns with vertical wavy ribbons with white leafy motifs set against a light green background.

Unknown Maker, French

Pair of Wallpaper Borders

Ornate still life with a cornucopia and goblets overflowing with flowers set atop an intricately carved stone altar. The objects are ivory and rust-hued while the backdrop is blue-gray.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Horn of Plenty Wallpaper

Segment of dated vintage wallpaper depicting scenes of nobility, with figures in elaborate period attire engaging in dialogue and leisure activities set in ornate architectural settings.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of Scenes from the Comedié-Italienne

Tall and narrow panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a muted design of symmetrical ornamental and intricate vases, alongside playful cherubs and floral garlands on a rich, dark brown backdrop.

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Arabesque Wallpaper

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.

Gilles-Paul Cauvet

Arabesque with Griffins Wallpaper

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper

Light blue wallpaper of winding brown thorny branches being intersected by turquoise vines throughout. Multiple blue flowers are attached to the brown branches and turquoise leaves on the turquoise vines.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Striped turquoise wallpaper with geometric patterning and three vases: one holding flowers, one with mirrored orange and black feathers on top and bottom, and a yellow and brown cylindrical vase.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment with repeating white flowers and green leaves set against a pink background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a classic linking floral pattern with vibrant red roses and blue accents on a gray distressed background.

Unknown Maker, French

Garlands and Bouquets

Fragmented and crinkled brown and blue wallpaper with a small rectangular cream tag that reads “235” and interlocking white floral garlands forming a cursive capital “M” within a larger cursive “B.”

Unknown Maker, French

Design for Ornament

Various-sized dusty-pink rectangular panels with raised white decorative scrolls against a white wall. The center panel contains a black and white painting of a countryside within a circular frame.

Arthur et Robert

Wallpaper Bandeaux and Pilasters

Zuber & Cie

Autumn (L’Automne) Wallpaper

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Border depicting pink and green twisted rope set against a beige background and dark green base.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Textured alternating clusters of red flowers with yellow centers and leaves set against a light blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Weathered, long rectangular white panel with symmetrical accents above a small three-legged table, holding a blue and orange horizontally striped container, on top of a patterned black and red box.

Etienne de Lavallée

Design for a Wallpaper Panel

Tall panel of vintage wallpaper featuring a romantic garden scene. The intricate, pastel toned, design depicts playful cherubs, draping garlands of roses, and a gazebo in the background.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Carnations Cupids, and Garlands Wallpaper

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of climbing and intertwining rose stems with vibrant pink flowers and green leaves on a textured beige background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Two aged paintings on ripped paper of statue-like standing figures surrounded by tall vines within orange draping curtains. Garlands, floral bouquets, and teal embellished borders surround the figures.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper with Muses and Arabesques

Vintage and worn beige wallpaper with a scattered floral print in pink and blue hues. The flowers are oriented randomly but evenly dispersed throughout.

Zuber & Cie

Sprinkled Rose Pattern

Zuber & Cie

Wallpaper Border

Tan, striped sheet with three, thin repeating vertical red lines and alternating thick and thin repeating horizontal yellow lines. In the middle, the red lines are slightly off center.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Brown-toned print of a cloudy seascape with figures fishing and mingling by the shore, a sailing ship in the water, and a distant tower on a rocky cliff.

Claude-Joseph Vernet

Wallpaper Scene in Grisaille

Large and extravagant arrangement of pink and blue flowers with foliage spilling out of a gold and teal-accented vase set on a gold-trimmed marble pedestal, set against a muted backdrop.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper with Bouquet of Flowers

Symmetrical composition with playful winged cherubs surrounding an abundant vase. One of the cherubs holds rope tied to a bird, while the other is aiming an arrow at it.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado Cupids and Garlands

Neoclassical frieze with a central oval medallion depicting a reclining woman and a cupid flanked by columns, rosettes, and acanthus leaves in a monochromatic sepia color scheme.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado Cupid and Psyche

Tan sheet of paper with a large, center blue stamp made out of two mirrored capital R’s, with a leaf headpiece above and text in the center which reads “avec privilege roi”.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Trademark of Réveillon

Vintage pattern featuring clusters of pink three-petaled flowers arranged in a diagonal grid on a mosaic-like teal backdrop.

Simon

Wallpaper

Alternating white and orange and black leaves set on a red-brown background with a white zigzag between thin black lines along the bottom edge.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesque Wallpaper

Three, bronze flower bordered cream panels with bronze reliefs of a woman wrapping a leaf garland around a lamb and two repeating motifs of a cane and leaf basket.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado

Wallpaper with Art Deco style drapery pattern with a diamond motif in a palette of brown, black, cream, and teal.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Frieze

Decorative frieze featuring a swagged curtain illusion, lyres, and a trim of stylized flowers and leaves. The palette consists of white, black, and brown with pops of yellow.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Wallpaper Border

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Dado

Aged, black moody wallpaper with repeating rows of two floral motifs, made out of various sized white flowers with pink cores, green leaves, and a winding white lined blue border.

Unknown Maker, French

Pair of Wallpaper Borders

Cream wallpaper with multicolored birds sitting atop thin, winding brown branches which have leaves and various colored flowers on them. Butterflies, with outstretched wings, fly around the branches.

Dufour et Leroy

Wallpaper

Thin strip with repeating orange teardrop and floral ornamentation with white and green accents, interspersed with white vine and leaf linework against a light blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Central white flower surrounded by white and gray floral ornamentation and bordered by white stripes set against a blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flocked Wallpaper Border

Aged, cream wallpaper with landscape paintings, in the top and center, which have white column borders and swirled linework which extends out to the corners and intersects blue stemmed flowers.

Dufour et Leroy

Arabesques and Landscape Wallpaper

Corner design with a yellow and red circular section in the top left with green accents, a red and yellow checkered portion, and swirling green vines on a red edge.

Unknown Maker, French

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