MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ - Lot 100

MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ Panoramic entitled L'Eden Polychrome print on continuous paper, in 23 strips (complete). Draughtsman Joseph FUCHS. First published in 1861, reissued in 1872. Sheet size: 285x50cm + small margins - linear: 11.50 m Source: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and early wallpaper DK1935/1936 "Fucks' Eden in 23 strips with 3642 plates and 1099 colors, the original consisted of 26 strips, but 23 were engraved." Bibliography: Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990, p. 315. Color reproductions p. 214-219. Presented at the London World's Fair in 1862; the Report of the Parisian workers' delegates noted: "A very large painting representing a virgin forest of the most beautiful execution".