MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH after Clerc & Margerido - Lot 153

MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH after Clerc & Margeridon Panoramic entitled Les Fêtes de Louis XIII In 24 numbered strips (complete). Décor realized with 753 plates and 83 colors. Original edition circa 1845; republished by Desfossé & Karth in 1914 and 1927. Sheet size: 310x53cm (recut to approx. 190cm) - Length: 12.7m Condition: good condition, small tears in margins, high height, scattered stains. Bibliography: Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990, p.284, "original edition circa 1845". Source: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and old wallpapers, written in 1935/1936: "Provenance CLERC & MARGERIDON with 753 plates, the Fêtes de Louis XIII had four productions, two in the latter house and two in the Ateliers DESFOSSÉ in 1914 and 1927". Note: Clerc & Margeridon sold their factory to Hippolyte Karth around 1864.