Wallpaper
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
circa 1850
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Object detail
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 17 x W: 13.5cm (H: 170 x W: 135mm)
Credit line
Gift, National Trust of Australia (NSW), 1992
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Wallpaper fragment, circa 1850
Description
This wallpaper is an example of the Louis Revival or French Rococo style, popular in mid-19th century Australian (and English) decoration. From around the 1830s, this style appears in a variety of domestic furnishings and fittings ranging from furniture and chimney pieces to dinner ware and wall decoration. Wallpapers featuring highly naturalistic-looking floral designs were also very popular, while Gothic and Renaissance style papers were quite widespread. The mid-19th century was a period of eclecticism in style, where a rococo style wallpaper could be hung in the home quite comfortably next to decorative pieces of quite different styles, perhaps Gothic or Greek Revival.
Retrieved from the walls of Cooma Cottage, Yass, NSW, a National Trust of Australia (NSW) homestead and property, constructed largely between the mid-1830s and the mid-1850s. This wallpaper, together with two other designs (one from Cooma Cottage and one from a Tasmanian house), were reproduced in 1982 by Wilson Fabrics and Wallcoverings for use in the refurbishment of Vaucluse House, Sydney. This paper was replicated through the screen printing process in four colours and installed in the upstairs sitting room at Vaucluse House.
Retrieved from the walls of Cooma Cottage, Yass, NSW, a National Trust of Australia (NSW) homestead and property, constructed largely between the mid-1830s and the mid-1850s. This wallpaper, together with two other designs (one from Cooma Cottage and one from a Tasmanian house), were reproduced in 1982 by Wilson Fabrics and Wallcoverings for use in the refurbishment of Vaucluse House, Sydney. This paper was replicated through the screen printing process in four colours and installed in the upstairs sitting room at Vaucluse House.
Accession number
L90/37
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