AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE WALLPAPER: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CONSERVATION

Abstract

The western ‘panoramic’ wallpapers found within historic houses are well known. Less familiar are the wall decorations on paper support created in China especially for export to Europe. This article presents the history of these types of decoration (geographical origin, trade and production period) as well as the techniques used for their production (supports, colours, mountings). There follows a report on the conservation treatment of such a decoration, measuring 29m2 and dating from the eighteenth century, initially hung in a private chateau, which has been dismounted and replaced in a public building in the city of Caen, France. A combination of Japanese tools and techniques and western techniques was used to meet the various requirements of the restoration.

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