A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI INTERMEDIARY PANELS

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI INTERMEDIARY PANELS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER DESIGNS BY CIETTI AND PRINTED BY THE MANUFACTURE ROYALE RÉVEILLON

Each depicting fruit-filled vessels fitted with satyr's mask handles surmounted by an octagonal panel enclosing a scantily clad maiden bearing a garland above an oval beaded medallion enclosing putti against an acqua ground, one end fragment inscribed in ink on the reverse 'Imprimé en 1786 à la Manufacture Royale de Réveillon d'après Cietti' (edges frayed, ends torn, losses) --approximately 8ft. 3in. x 1ft. 9 1/2in. (2m. 47.5cm. x 53.7cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

A closely related panel manufactured by Réveillon circa 1789 in the Pompeiian style with arabesques and wheat is illustrated in Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Trois Siècles de Papiers Peints catalogue to the exposition, June-October, 1967, p.27, fig. 56.