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Wall covering (Wallpaper fragments)
(Venus and Cupid arabesque)
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon
1789-1791
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Distemper
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1969.1092.003 A- H
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1092.003 A- H
Object Name
Wall covering (Wallpaper fragments)
Title
(Venus and Cupid arabesque)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Date
1789-1791
Subject(s)
- Mythological
Materials
- Distemper
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Woodblock
Dimensions (inches)
3.31 (H) x 14.5 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.42 (H) x 36.8 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurement of largest fragment, 69.1092.3a. H and W of wallpaper, not secondary support. Repeat W: 21.625 in. (54.9 cm). Chain intervals: 3.3 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Manuscript: Ream, Julie Dennin, et al. "Federal Parlor Wallpaper".
Book: Lynn, Catherine. 1980 Wallpaper in America, From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. 533 p.
• Discussed on p. 91. Image of Federal Parlor published as fig. 4-4, p. 96. For images of the master bedroom and sitting room in the Phelps-Hatheway House, see color plates 10-11. pp. 57-9.