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Wallpaper Jasmine . 1799
Manufacturer Jacquemart & Bénard
110,00 €
This decorative wallpaper was produced by Manufacturer Jacquemart & Bénard, in 1799. It displays jasmine flowers among a luxuriant foliage. The original decor was printed using engraved woodblocks, that applied 15 different colors paper rolls bound together, and whose background had been brush smoothed.
To revitalize this lovely wallpaper from the late 18th century, our workshop carried out a meticulous digital restoration.
Collection of la Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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Active from 1791 to 1809, the Parisian manufacturer Jacquemart & Bénard succeeded the Réveillon manufacturer, which was destroyed by the revolutionaries in April 1789. From then until 1809, the Jacquemart & Bénard manufacturer became famous throughout Europe. A very creative manufacturer, it produced more than a hundred new models of wallpaper every year. It was especially skilled at printing plant-like patterns on wallpaper, as well as light and diaphanous fabrics following the fashion launched by Queen Marie-Antoinette (embroideries, trimmings, ribbons, lace, festoons of precious stones, pleats, draperies, texture effects…). Jacquemart & Bénard took part not only in the decoration of public buildings, but was also involved in official ceremonies. For instance, it was commissioned by the Convention Government to decorate the Palais des Tuileries.
1799
At the pivotal period of the 18th and 19th centuries, wallpaper manufactures would reproduce lots of foliage, flowers and arbours. Queen Marie-Antoinette’s taste for the country style had great influence on the decorative arts of the time. She especially loved delicate flowers like jasmine, whose scent she was very fond of.
To let this sort of wild life come into homes was the expression of a new link between man and nature. Similarly, at the time, English gardens were highly valued, eclipsing geometric French “parterres”.
Because of the Manufacture special attention to botanical exactness, the jasmine flowers on this decorative wallpaper look quite realist. At that time, under the influence of the painters specialized in flowers, plant drawings targeted exactitude and realism. This type of dense representation was called “charmilles”. Other sorts of flowers have been shown on “charmilles”: daisies, lilac, or chestnut flowers, as examples.
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.
Non-woven wallpaper 147g/ square meter
Matching edge to edge
Manufacturing time: 20 business days
Made in France
Standard size : 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.
