Wallpaper friezes (borders) to decorate the salon before Empress Josephine pays her call. From Manufacture Chapillon who thrived in Paris around 1802. You just couldn’t have a stylish home without them. From BnF Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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Frieze with stylized leaves. 1802. French. Printed on a plate in three colors on a bright yellow background. Collections of the BnF Gallica. In the public domain. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22Manufacture%20Chapillon%22%29&lang=en&suggest=3
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Frieze with what may be pine cones and stylized leaves. 1802. French. Printed on a plate in three colors on a fine green background with fluff and transplanted color. Chapillon, maker. Collections of the BnF Gallica. In the public domain. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69001696.r=Manufacture%20Chapillon?rk=171674;4
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Frieze with fancy leaves and what looks like lily of the valley. 1802. French. Printed on a plate in four colors on a purple background and fluff. Chapillon, maker. Collections of the BnF Gallica. In the public domain. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69001807.r=Manufacture%20Chapillon?rk=214593;2
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Frieze with a design alternating flowers and fancy leaves. 1801. French. Printed on a plate in seven colors on a bright yellow background. Chapillon, maker. Collections of the BnF Gallica. In the public domain. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69001629.r=Manufacture%20Chapillon?rk=236052;4
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Frieze in the design of fancy geometric and plant patterns. 1802. French. Printed on a plate in two colors on a bright yellow background. Chapillon, maker. Collection of the BnF Gallica. In the public domain. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69001718.r=Manufacture%20Chapillon?rk=64378;0

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