The RISD Museum highlights the fragile beauty and striking designs of centuries-old examples of wallpaper from the collection ...

The RISD Museum highlights the fragile beauty and striking designs of centuries-old examples of wallpaper from the collection of a French-American couple, purchased in 1934.

Opened on November 16, “The Art of French Wallpaper Design” has filled the Rhode Island School of Design Museum with over 100 “exceptionally rare” samples of French wallpaper designs ...

T he Art of French Wallpaper Design is the luscious new exhibition at the museum of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Using its collection of French wallpaper made from the 1770s to ...

Many wallpaper patterns are rooted in history. ... 1935, plainly credits “faraway ethnic groups” for many of its design references, which are interpreted “in a very French style.” ...

“We do not exactly know what the patterns were, but we knew those men sold patterns by Réveillon, Jacquemart et Benard (the preeminent French wallpaper firm),” Isaac wrote via email.

The earliest surviving fragment of European wallpaper, found in Christ's College Cambridge, dates from 1509. It was made by Hugo Goes of York, and has a damask-style design of pomegranates derived ...