Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (1725–1811) was a French wallpaper manufacturer. In 1789 Réveillon made a statement on the price of bread that was misinterpreted by the Parisian populace as advocating lower wages. He fled France after his home and his wallpaper factory were attacked and set on fire in what came to be known as the Reveillon riot. In 1791 he leased his business premises to the wallpaper manufacturer Jacquemart & Bérnard.
The launching of the balloon on 19 October 1783, engraving by Claude-Louis Desrais
Jacquemart & Bérnard - Border
Image: P1060942 Paris XI rue de Montreuil n°31 rwk
Image: P1060946 Paris XI rue de Montreuil n°31 plaque n°2 rwk
Wallpaper is used in interior decoration to cover the interior walls of domestic and public buildings. It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects, "textured", plain with a regular repeating pattern design, or with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets.
The traditional hand-blocking technique, France in 1877
Hand-painted Chinese wallpaper showing a funeral procession, made for the European market, c. 1780
'Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique', panels 1-10 of woodblock printed wallpaper designed by Jean-Gabriel Charvet and manufactured by Joseph Dufour
"Artichoke" wallpaper by Morris and Co, designed by John Henry Dearle
