MANUFACTURED BY CHARLED FREDERICK BIELEFELD, CIRCA 1841

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN PAPIER MÂCHÉ MIRROR
MANUFACTURED BY CHARLED FREDERICK BIELEFELD, CIRCA 1841
The cresting for the ROYAL IRISH ART UNION centred by a clover leaf and surmounted by a crown, inscribed ROTHWELL to the apron, stamped to the reverse C.F.BIELEFELD/LONDON
37in. (94cm.) high, 28¾in. (73cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

In 1833 the London Illustrated News reported that Charles F. Bielefeld manufactured and shipped ten prefabricated houses made of papier mâché for agricultural workers and a villa with twelve rooms for a customer in Australia.

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