Georges Zipélius (1808–1890) was a French illustrator who designed

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. His work is preserved in the collection of the

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and the Deutsches Tapetenmuseum. The wallpaper ''El Dorado,'' in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, was co-designed by Zipélius with Eugène Ehrmann and

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; it took them two years to design it; it is still in print today. Zipélius was from

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

and attended the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts.

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French illustrators 1808 births 1890 deaths École des Beaux-Arts alumni Artists from Mulhouse {{illustrator-stub