Handpainted with colour and ink on paper lined with yellow fabric. Textiles sown together. Measurements 138x230 cm. 139x252 cm. 102x302 cm. 139x303 cm.
Damages, repairs.
A Taste for China; 1730-1930. Published by Hong Kong Museum of Art. 2008. Compare similar wall-paper with birds and flowers from the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris. 17816C&D. Page 192.
Chinese wall paper were first 'discovered' by the French Jesuits and introduced to Europe by the East India Companies. The fashion for them reached its peak in the latter half of the 18th Century and persisted long in to the 19th Century.
Chinies wallpapers were used to decorated window frames, overdoors, panelling, cabinets, foldingscreens, fire screens, chimney boords and complete rooms.
The painters were ususally retired court painters who settled in the Canton region.