MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ 1852 - Lot 62

MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ 1852 Rêve de Bonheur Four successive strips forming a lively tableau of troubadour characters in a wooded landscape. Collection mark "DK130". Dimensions per strip: 250x54cm (strips of 57cm). Total panel size: 250x160cm Condition: very good except for a few tears of about 10cm, minor wear and some color loss at the bottom. Bibliography: - E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and old DK wallpaper 1935/1936: "Principaux décors de Jules Desfossé: 1852 Décor "Rêve de bonheur" de Durrant en 16 lés - la 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".