- Arthur et Robert
Arthur et Robert (also "manufacture Arthur et Robert") was a Paris based
wallpaper manufacturer active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Named for two British expatriates, the firm produced block printed scenic andtrompe l'œil wallpapers.Arthur et Robert wallpapers often used Neoclassical decorative and architectural motifs popular in the Louis XVI, Directoire and Empire styles. Their wallpapers effected the appearance of fabric including silk moirée, velvet, fringe, and tassels.
Thomas Jefferson while the United States Ambassador to the Court ofLouis XVI (1785–1789), placed orders at the Arthur et Robert shop.References
*Halsey, R.T. Haines. "Wall-Papers and Paint in the New American Wing ." "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin." Vol. 19, No. 10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: October 1924, pp. 236-238.
* Kosuda-Warner, Joanne, and Elisabeth Johnson. "Landscape Wallcoverings." Scala Publishers in association with the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.External links
* [http://www.musees-alsace.org/Pages/Fiche.php?NumMusee=269000046&Langue=Fr Wallpaper Museum of France]
* [http://www.adelphipaperhangings.com/arthur.html Adelphi Paper Hangings, a contemporary manufacturer of Arthur et Robert designs]
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