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Wallpaper (Granité)

1875–1900
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The wallpapers and borders displayed here are similar or identical to those the Cubists used in their collages and pastiched in their paintings. Eight of the albums contain samples from the Isidore Leroy factory, which opened in the 1840s and was the first in France to print wallpaper by machine. Patterns were issued in various colorways; some came in several weights and finishes, including varnished and washable versions. Shops displayed lengths of wallpaper in their windows and kept albums with samples inside. Brochures sometimes included pasted-in snippets. Borders imitating moldings, edgings, and trimmings served to frame architectural features and mark divisions in a decorative scheme. Printed in rows, they were cut out by the paperhanger before application.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wallpaper (Granité)
  • Artist: Unidentified French Manufacturer
  • Date: 1875–1900
  • Medium: Machine-printed paper
  • Classification: Wallpaper
  • Credit Line: Musée du Papier Peint, Rixheim, France
  • Rights and Reproduction: Courtesy of Musée du Papier Peint
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art