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Sidewall (France)

This is a sidewall. It was produced by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. It is dated 1788 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is block printed, hand painted, gilded on handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This very high-end production was created by Jean-Baptiste Reveillon, one of the premier manufacturer’s in Paris. This full, unused roll of paper is woodblock printed, hand painted and contains applied gold leaf. It still retains the original end paper bearing the Manufacture Royale stamp. The design contains four repeats, each bearing different classical figures balanced on a floral plateau rising out of the floral bouquet. Arabesque designs were inspired by the excavations at the recently discovered ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Réveillon’s arabesques consisted of three types: large panels of a single arabesque design, narrow arabesques used to frame the larger panels, and repeating arabesque patterns printed in either a single or double-column format, with the single-column used here.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Sidewall (France)
block printed on handmade paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1925-1-370

A green handmade paper wall covering with a repeating arabesque pattern in a double column format. The pattern is formed of a dark cream classical robed figure, with long curly hair. possibly a Priestess of Venus, pouring libations from a pitcher in the left hand, and holding a crown of red flowers and a crown of green leaves in the right hand. The figure stands under an arched bower of red flowers supported by right facing flying doves and a conical wire structure with two crowns of red flowers suspended on a pair of crossed arrows. The figure is surrounded by two gold upside down conical structures, the one on the left has a pair of doves perched on top, the one on the right three large feathers or leaves on top. The figure stands on a red and gold lambrequin extending down to a basket of red flowers and is surrounded by gold scrolls with leaves, red and lemon floral swags, pearl beaded swags and large red and lemon floral bouquets.

Sidewall (France)
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild.
1900-5-3

Dado (France)
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-58

Its dimensions are

H x W: 1087.1 x 60 cm (35 ft. 8 in. x 23 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

At the very upper-most end of the roll, there is an inscribed notation on the verso.

Cite this object as

Sidewall (France); Produced by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (French, 1725–1811); block printed, hand painted, gilded on handmade paper; H x W: 1087.1 x 60 cm (35 ft. 8 in. x 23 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 1985-26-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Eo52/
Accession Number 1985-26-1
Object ID 18804993