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Hand-printed wallpaper by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, c. 1780–90; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Hand-printed wallpaper by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, c. 1780–90; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Hand-printed wallpaper by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, c. 1780–90; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Hand-printed wallpaper by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, c. 1780–90; in the Victoria and...

Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, The Cooper-Bridgeman Library, London

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