The aim of the research project is the addition of further examples to the Paul Balin wallpapers published in the exhibition catalogue "Schöner Schein" in 2016, and to publicise these in order to acquire valuable information about who bought them, and about the functional context of these luxury wallpapers.

Publication: Schöner Schein. Luxustapeten des Historismus von Paul Balin, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel catalogues, vol. 59, Munich 2016, p. 294-317.

Image: Nääs Castle, smoking room, wallpaper made by Paul Balin, Paris, around 1870 (August Abrahamson stiftelse, Nääs slott, Sweden, photographer: Lars Lööv)