Lot Essay
An identical panel by Mader designed circa 1825 is illustrated in O. Nouvel, Papiers Peints Français 1800-1875, 1981, p. 113, fig. 507.
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A PAIR OF INTERMEDIARY PANELS
Designed by Mader circa 1825, each depicting a bacchante within a floral wreath within cornucopiae and ribbon-tied garlands suspending an urn en flambeau against a caramel ground, one stamped on the reverse 'Societé Ch. Follot, 43, Boulevard Diderot, 42, Paris XIIe' and inscribed 'No. 26' (edges frayed and torn, ends torn, losses, one with vertical tear)-each approximately 8ft. x 2ft. 2 1/2in. (2m. 40cm. x 56.2cm.) (2)
Designed by Mader circa 1825, each depicting a bacchante within a floral wreath within cornucopiae and ribbon-tied garlands suspending an urn en flambeau against a caramel ground, one stamped on the reverse 'Societé Ch. Follot, 43, Boulevard Diderot, 42, Paris XIIe' and inscribed 'No. 26' (edges frayed and torn, ends torn, losses, one with vertical tear)-each approximately 8ft. x 2ft. 2 1/2in. (2m. 40cm. x 56.2cm.) (2)