Paul Balin

Paul Balin (1832–1898) was a French wallpaper designer and manufacturer.^[1] Balin was active as a wallpaper manufacturer in Paris during second half of the 19th century.^[2]

Balin was born in Paris in 1832.^[3] In 1863 he assumed ownership of the Genoux company in Paris.^[4] He received awards for his company's wallpapers at the Paris Exhibition of 1867, and at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair.^[4] Balin was featured multiple times in The Decorator and Furnisher in 1890 for productions of decorative wallpapers.^[5][6]

Balin held a dozen patents related to the embossing of wallpaper, which he registered between 1866 and 1884.^[7] Between 1876 and 1885 he launched numerous patent infringement lawsuits against his competitors.^[7]

Examples of his work are found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,^[8] the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,^[9] and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.^[10]

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  Wallpaper design by Paul Balin, circa 1850-–1873.
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  Wallpaper design by Paul Balin, circa 1850-–1873.
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  Wallpaper design by Paul Balin, circa 1850–1973.
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  Page of the wallpaper sample portfolio presented by Paul Balin at the Vienna World's fair, 1873.
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  Wallpaper design by Paul Balin, circa 1850–1973.