A quantity of French painted wallpaper, circa 1830

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Description

seven rolls approximately 30 ft.; three rolls approximately 20 ft.; additional panels 7 ft. 6 in. by 22 in.
9 m; 6 m; 2.25 m by 55 cm

ten rolls painted with grey satin drapery bound with gold wreaths; together with five panels painted with grey satin drapes hung from rings flanked by poles. Approximately 270 continuous feet of wallpaper not including the five panels

Catalogue Note

An identical painted panel of grey satin drapery flanked by poles, from the Follot collection is illustrated, H. Clouzot & Ch. Follot, Histoire du Papier Peint en France, Paris, 1935, p. 141.