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In 1712, during the reign of Queen Anne, a wallpaper tax was introduced which was not abolished until1836. By the mid-eighteenth century, Britain was the leading wallpaper manufacturer in Europe, exporting vast quantities to Europe in addition to selling on the middle-class British market. However this trade was seriously disrupted in 1755 by the Seven Years War and later the Napoleonic Wars, and by a heavy level of duty on imports to France.
In 1748 the British Ambassador to Paris decorated his salon with blue flock wallpaper, which then became very fashionable there. In the 1760s the French manufacturer Jean-Baptiste Réveillon hired designers working in silk and tapestry to produce some of the most subtle and luxurious wallpaper ever made. His sky blue wallpaper with fleurs-de-lys was used in 1783 on the first balloons by the Montgolfier brothers.The landscape painter Jean-Baptiste Pillement discovered in 1763 a method to use fast colours
In 1712, during the reign of Queen Anne, a wallpaper tax was introduced which was not abolished until1836. By the mid-eighteenth century, Britain was the leading wallpaper manufacturer in Europe, exporting vast quantities to Europe in addition to selling on the middle-class British market. However this trade was seriously disrupted in 1755 by the Seven Years War and later the Napoleonic Wars, and by a heavy level of duty on imports to France.
In 1748 the British Ambassador to Paris decorated his salon with blue flock wallpaper, which then became very fashionable there. In the 1760s the French manufacturer Jean-Baptiste Réveillon hired designers working in silk and tapestry to produce some of the most subtle and luxurious wallpaper ever made. His sky blue wallpaper with fleurs-de-lys was used in 1783 on the first balloons by the Montgolfier brothers.The landscape painter Jean-Baptiste Pillement discovered in 1763 a method to use fast colours
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
Pictures Of Cool Wallpapers
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