A SET OF EIGHT EMPIRE PAPIER PEINT PANELS

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A SET OF EIGHT EMPIRE PAPIER PEINT PANELS
CIRCA 1810

Each with repeated design of an interlocking palmette and classical vase-cartouche uprights flanked by winged figures of Victory, surmounted by a frieze of grisaille medallions, floral swags and swans, together with a quantity of base panels of green faux marble. The panels-approximately 95in. x 75in. (242cm. x 190cm.), 95in. x 65in. (242cm. x 165cm.), 95in. x 57in. (242cm. x 145cm.), 95in. x 53in. (242cm. x 135cm.), 95in. x 41in. (242cm. x 104cm.), 95in. x 15¾in. (242cm. x 29cm.), 95in. x 11½in. (242cm. x 29cm.), 95in. x 11¾in. (242cm. x 30cm.) The frieze in six separate sections-each 14in. (35.5cm.) high, total length 31 feet 8in. (970cm.) The faux marble base panels in nine sections-each 20in. (51cm.) high, total length 28 feet 8in. (880cm.)--all measurements approximate (8)

拍品专文

Related French panels, dated 1815-1820, are illustrated in O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Français, 1981, p. 121, pl. 552, and p.123, pl. 555.