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Summary
Wallpaper
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| Artist |
Joseph Dufour & Co; Jean Gabriel Charvet; de Gournay |
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| Title |
Wallpaper |
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| Object type | Classification: NM3.380 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Wallpaper, Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique (Savages of the Pacific Ocean - Inhabitants of New Zealand) Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique (Savages of the Pacific Ocean - Inhabitants of New Zealand) originally designed by Jean Gabriel Charvet (1750 - 1829) for Joseph Dufour and Co. Mâcon, France (1800 - 1827), 1804 - 05 (seven panels from a series of twenty) This handprinted reproduction produced in 2006 by de Gournay Wallpapers |
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| Date | 09 Jan 2007; 22 Dec 2006; 2006; 1804-1805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | notes: height 2235mm width 910mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
2007.1.1 |
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| Place of creation | England; France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2007.1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | “To 18th century Europeans, accustomed to bleak weather, overcrowded cities, soul-destroying work and impoverished diets, Polynesia sounded like Paradise. A benign climate, food in abundance, a life of pleasure and ease - such was the popular notion-and European painters imposed no restraints on their imaginations when it came to depicting this distant wonderland. ‘Les peuples de l'Ocean Pacifique’ (sic), a wallpaper design by J C Charvet, 1805, owed more to romantic notions of classical Arcadia than to anything which existed in the South Seas.” - Don Aimer Captain James Cook's (1728 – 1779) three expeditions to the South Pacific captured the imagination of many Western Europeans at a time when there was considerable interest in the primitive and exotic. His discoveries lent support to the prevailing notion of the inherent moral superiority of “the noble savage,” an idea expressed in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778). Inspiration for French designer Jean Gabriel Charvet’s papiers panoramiques, that adorned drawing and dining room walls, came from these exciting new discoveries in the Pacific, and Charvet takes us on a voyage of discovery of his own, showing the inhabitants of various places visited by Cook and fellow travellers. The theatricality of the designs displays exotic lands where the ‘savages’ wear Roman costumes and the flora and fauna are detailed. When the wallpaper was first published it came with the booklet that explained the ‘lessons of history and geography.’ Scenic wallpapers were deliberately designed to look like hand-painted murals rather than conventional wallpaper with repeated patterns. Dufour created his wallpaper by woodblock printing, stencilling and hand brushing, techniques common to both the textile and wallpaper trades. This version was hand-painted by de Gournay, England in 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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