MANUFACTURE DESFOSSE & KARTH after Clerc & Margerido - Lot 141

MANUFACTURE DESFOSSE & KARTH after Clerc & Margeridon Les Fêtes de Louis XIII. Two canvas strips N°12 and 13 of this panoramic (composed of 24 strips). Color plate printing. Some folds, small accidents, stains and wear. Interlaced. Panel size: 257 x 106 cm plus margins. SOURCE: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and old wallpapers, written in 1935/1936: "Provenance CLERC & MARGERIDON with 753 plates, Les Fêtes de Louis XIII had four productions, two in the latter house and two in the Ateliers DESFOSSE in 1914 and 1927". Bibliography: Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion 1990, p.284, "original edition circa 1845". Note: Clerc & Margeridon sold their factory to Hippolyte Karth in 1863.