Chinese wallpaper Bamboo cream . 1795–1825

Unknown workshop

110,00 €

DESCRIPTION

This design is inspired by a Chinese wallpaper dated from the years 1795–1825 and kept in the Wallcoverings department of the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. The original design was painted by hand on a paper made also manually. Its background was initially grey. It takes up the iconography specific to Chinese papers of the 18th century with its bamboos, birds, butterflies and fruits.

To bring this wallpaper back to life and modernity, we carried out a long and meticulous digital restoration.

Inspired by a design from the collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York.

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Custom dimensions

50 < < 65
150 < < 350

If you choose a width smaller or bigger than the standard design, the patterns will be reduced or enlarged to allow connections between the strips.

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Workshop
Workshop

Manufactured and painted by hand by workshops located in China, the so-called "Chinese" papers were only intended for export to Western markets (in particular London and Paris), the Chinese didn't use them in their own homes. Appearing at the end of the 17th century, they reached their peak between 1740 and 1790 until they strongly influenced the European decorative style. They are considered the ancestor of our "papiers peints" (which literally means "painted papers"), a term used at the end of the 18th century by French manufacturers when they began to imitate the designs of Chinese papers in their production. If the Chinese paper was really "painted", the one that was called "papier peint" in France was "printed" but never "painted"!

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Date of creation

1795-1825

Interesting facts
Interesting facts

In the 18th century, imports of Chinese wallpaper were extremely expensive, so these products remained the prerogative of very wealthy circles. While the first English flocked papers were among the most expensive European papers, these wallpapers imported from China could cost up to 20 times more. Also, they were rarely glued directly to a wall but most often lined with a fabric or heavy paper, then stretched on slats fixed to the wall. This system made it possible to reuse them later in another place and keep them longer.

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Details
Details

The "bamboo" design is full of insects and wonderful butterflies. Generally speaking, Chinese wallpapers were always rich in flowers (chrysanthemums, peonies, camellias, magnolias, orchids...), insects (dragonfly, butterflies, flies, grasshoppers...), trees (bamboo in particular) and birds.

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Hanging advice

Our wallpapers are hung in 3 stages: the preparation of the wall, its pasting, and the hanging. The strips are hung edge to edge and from left to right in the order indicated on the assembly plan supplied with the rolls. To find out more, consult our Hanging instructions page.

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Specification sheet

Non-woven wallpaper 147g/ square meter 
Manufacturing time: 20 business days 
Made in France

Standard size: 1 roll of 65 x 250/350 cm

Owing to the manufacturing process, there could be small variations in colors from one production batch to the next. If possible, avoid buying different parts of the same design several weeks apart.