Arts General — 01 February 2010

World’s Most Expensive Wallpaper
$42,000

This luxury panoramic wallpaper is available through Zuber outlets in Paris, London, Dubai, New York, Los Angeles, and Nice. Zuber & Cie, a French company, hand prints all its panoramic prints from woodblocks, some of which are hundreds of years old. “La Guerre de l’Independance Americaine” (The War of American Independence) has 32 panels which are hand printed in 360 colors from 2300 woodblocks. It was designed by Jean Julien Deltil in 1852 and engraved in woodblocks in 1929; it has been in print since then. The full panorama will cover 49.5 feet and it sells for $42,000. This panorama graces one of the rooms in the White House, personally chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy.

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