^ 'Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper | SFO Museum'.^ a b 'Les Vues d'Amérique du Nord | Public Humanities | Brown University'.The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: Two-volume Set. ^ a b c d e Campbell, Gordon (9 November 2006).The wallpaper had been present in the campus' Nightingale-Brown House since the 1930s. In 2019, students in a Brown University graduate program wrote to the university, demanding the removal of the wallpaper for the same reasons. In 2020 students and alumnae of the Spence School for girls in New York City protested its use of racist caricatures in its depiction of Black Americans and indigenous Americans. Zuber's panoramic scene Vues de l'Amérique du Nord, has been the subject of at least two protests. The formal dining room at the Old Louisiana Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is also decorated with the Vue de l'Amérique du Nord. As with many 18th century wallpapers, this panorama is designed to be hung above a dado. Just before the demolition, the wallpaper was salvaged and sold to the White House.

The wallpaper had been on the walls of a parlor in the Federal period Stoner House in Maryland until 1961 when the house was demolished for a grocery store. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on recommendation of historian Henry Francis du Pont had an antique copy of the panoramic wallpaper Vues de l'Amérique du Nord, (designed in 1843, per the Zuber et Cie website) installed in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. Zuber & Cie has showrooms in Paris and Nice, New York, Los Angeles, London and Dubai.ĭuring the presidency of John F. Zuber & Cie also produces dado borders, friezes, and ceiling papers, some depicting faux representations of architectural details, drapery, fringe, and tassels. Zuber & Cie's panoramic wallpapers include Vues de l'Amérique du Nord, Eldorado, Hindoustan, les Guerres d'Independence, and Isola Bella.

Decor Chinois in rose, 1832 wallpaper designed and manufactured by Zuber et Cie, Rixheim France.įor its production, Zuber & Cie uses woodblocks (more than 100,000) engraved as early as the 18th century.

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