Lot 2
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A MATCHED PAIR OF INTERMEDIARY PANELS

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A MATCHED PAIR OF INTERMEDIARY PANELS

From the Manufacture Leroy, each centrally depicting a beaded lozenge enclosing a musical trophy and a fruiting flower-filled basket, respectively, against an ochre ground within scrolling foliate arabesques against a faux walnut ground (edges frayed, ends with tears, minor losses)-the longest approximately 8ft. x 1ft. 10in. (2m. 44cm. x 56cm.)

Lot Essay

An identical panel is illustrated in O. Nouvel, Papiers Peints Français 1800-1850, 1981, p. 115, fig. 510, as circa 1833. Another example is illustrated in The Cooper-Hewitt Museum L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989, 1989, p. 21, fig. 12.