Wallpaper, ca. 1791. Produced by Jacquemart & Benard (Paris, France), Block printed on handmade paper.
Wallpaper sample by Jacquemart & Bérnard company, circa 1794–1797.

Jacquemart et Bérnard was a French wallpaper manufacturer active from 1791 to 1840.[1]

History

Jacquemart et Bérnard was founded in 1791 by Pierre Jacquemart and Eugène Balthasar Crescent Bénard de Moulinières.[2] The company was the successor to the Parisian wallpaper manufacturer Réveillon.[3][4] Following turmoil related to the French Revolution, Jean-Baptiste Réveillon transferred the operations of his company at 39, rue de Montreuil, Paris to Jacquemart & Bérnard in 1791.[5][6][7]

Legacy

Examples of the company's wallpapers are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,[8] the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,[9] and the Rhode Island School of Design.[10] Richard Nixon's 1972 refurbishment of the White House Blue Room used antique Jacquemart et Bérnard wallpaper that had been produced in 1800.[11]

References

  1. "Wallpaper | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org.
  2. "Scrollwork and Squirrels | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". www.cooperhewitt.org. 24 February 2017.
  3. Perthes, L. Joseph Deu de (1809). Dictionnaire des productions de la nature et de l'art: qui font l'objet du commerce de la France, soit avec l'étranger, soit avec ses colonies ; et des droits auxquels elles sont imposées (in French). A. Bailleul.
  4. nationale, Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie (1807). Bulletin (in French).
  5. Prudhomme, Louis Marie (1807). Miroir historique (in French).
  6. "Jacquemart+et+Bénard"&pg=PA563 L'industrie Francaise (in French). Slatkine.
  7. McClelland, Nancy (1924). Historic Wall-papers: From Their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery. J. B. Lippincott Company.
  8. "Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female herm". www.metmuseum.org.
  9. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "La Chasse de Compiègne | Vernet, Carle | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
  10. "Wallpaper | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org.
  11. Phillips-Schrock, Patrick (21 June 2016). The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program: An Illustrated History. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2238-5.
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