A four fold wallpaper screen

Details

French School (early 19th Century)
A four fold wallpaper screen
The front with four panels depicting Figures before a ship; Figures before a well; Classical figures on a balcony; and Figures on horseback before classical ruins, the reverse with flowers en grisaille
possibly printed in gouache
70¾ x 77in. (179.6 x 195.5cm.)
see back cover illustration

Literature

Nancy McClelland Historic Wallpapers, London 1924, page 163

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Lot Essay

The decoration on this screen is derived from four of the sixteen panels which make up the 'Portals of Athens' printed by Dufour in his workshop in Paris 1808, and was thought to be the first work by Xavier Mader for them.
We are grateful to Véronique de la Hougue for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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