MANUFACTURE JULES DESFOSSÉ 1852 Dream of Happiness Complete original life-size model of this polychrome panoramic in sixteen strips, entirely gouached and annotated, featuring troubadour-style figures in a park animated by ruins and a castle. Dimensions variable, each strip: approx. 210x54cm Condition: numerous accidents, missing pieces, lifts and holes - handwritten annotations and numbers. Bibliography: - E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and early wallpaper DK1935/1936: "Jules Desfossé's main designs: 1852 Durrant's "Rêve de bonheur" design in 16 strips - the collection 128 frs". - Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers peints panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990 p. 285: "Composition inspired by Guillaume HAUSSOULIER's 1845 painting Fontaine de Jouvence."
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MANUFACTURE JULES DESFOSSÉ 1852 Dream of Happiness Complete original life-size model of this polychrome panoramic in sixteen strips, entirely gouached and annotated, featuring troubadour-style figures in a park animated by ruins and a castle. Dimensions variable, each strip: approx. 210x54cm Condition: numerous accidents, missing pieces, lifts and holes - handwritten annotations and numbers. Bibliography: - E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and early wallpaper DK1935/1936: "Jules Desfossé's main designs: 1852 Durrant's "Rêve de bonheur" design in 16 strips - the collection 128 frs". - Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers peints panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990 p. 285: "Composition inspired by Guillaume HAUSSOULIER's 1845 painting Fontaine de Jouvence."

Estimate
€2,000 - €4,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
MANUFACTURE JULES DESFOSSÉ 1852 Dream of Happiness Complete original life-size model of this polychrome panoramic in sixteen strips, entirely gouached and annotated, featuring troubadour-style figures in a park animated by ruins and a castle. Dimensions variable, each strip: approx. 210x54cm Condition: numerous accidents, missing pieces, lifts and holes - handwritten annotations and numbers. Bibliography: - E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and early wallpaper DK1935/1936: "Jules Desfossé's main designs: 1852 Durrant's "Rêve de bonheur" design in 16 strips - the collection 128 frs". - Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers peints panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990 p. 285: "Composition inspired by Guillaume HAUSSOULIER's 1845 painting Fontaine de Jouvence."
Sale
A TREASURE TROVE OF RECOVERED PAPER. Reflecting two centuries of wallpaper in France 1775-1975
Thursday 3 October 2024・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon 3, rue Favart 75002 Paris