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AN OVERDOOR PANEL
Depicting a putto drinking nectar within a ribbon-tied floral wreath issuing scrolling foliage ending in doves above an anthemion-decorated classical pediment ending in masks against a green ground within a moulded pine frame, the base with a paper label inscribed in ink 'L'Amour qui boit. Dessus de Porte. Dessiné par Mader père en 1810 (original), Maison Dufour,' the lower right with a paper label inscribed in ink 'No. 102' the reverse stamped 'Societé Ch. Follot, 43 Boulevard Diderot 43, Paris - XIIe' (edges frayed, considerable tears and losses)-28 1/2in. x 38in. (72cm. x 97cm.) overall
Depicting a putto drinking nectar within a ribbon-tied floral wreath issuing scrolling foliage ending in doves above an anthemion-decorated classical pediment ending in masks against a green ground within a moulded pine frame, the base with a paper label inscribed in ink 'L'Amour qui boit. Dessus de Porte. Dessiné par Mader père en 1810 (original), Maison Dufour,' the lower right with a paper label inscribed in ink 'No. 102' the reverse stamped 'Societé Ch. Follot, 43 Boulevard Diderot 43, Paris - XIIe' (edges frayed, considerable tears and losses)-28 1/2in. x 38in. (72cm. x 97cm.) overall