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The Conservation of Wallpaper

July 1 - September 12, 1995

Introduction

Selected Objects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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