MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH - Lot 143

MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH Parthenon frescoes, designed by Jules Cron, 1869-70 Meeting of eight strips decorated with pilasters or intermediate motifs on a "strawberry" background, including: - 3 pilasters. Heights: 238 - 446 - 268cm - Width of strip: 57cm, of decoration 51cm - 1 intermediate (vase on saddle). Mark "DK" and "Unis France". The sheet 255x57cm - Pattern: 155x52,5cm - 3 pilasters with colonnettes and pediment cornice. 263x52cm plus margins - 1 border strip (four 13cm rows). Length: 180cm Condition: soiling, minor wear, stains and tears, differences but very fresh colors. Source: Notes de E.A. FAUCONNIER sur les Desfossé et anciens du papier peint, written in 1935/1936, p.5.