Jacquemart & Bérnard

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

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

History

Jacquemart et Bénard 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 & Bénard 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 Bénard wallpaper that had been produced in 1800.[11]

  • Wallpaper design attributed to Jacquemart et Bénard, circa 1795.
    Wallpaper design attributed to Jacquemart et Bénard, circa 1795.
  • "Flowers and Ornaments" wallpaper design by Jacquemart et Bénard, 1802.
    "Flowers and Ornaments" wallpaper design by Jacquemart et Bénard, 1802.
  • Wallpaper designed by Jacquemart et Bénard, 1802.
    Wallpaper designed by Jacquemart et Bénard, 1802.
  • An Offering to Cupid, wallpaper design produced by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris, 1800.
    An Offering to Cupid, wallpaper design produced by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris, 1800.

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.