Lot 324
  • 324

Set of Panoramic Wallpaper Panels "The Bay of New York" from Vues d'Amérique du Nord, Zuber et Cie, Rixheim, France, 19th Century

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • pine
  • Each of the paper panels measure from height 74 ½ in. by length 56 ½ in. Overall height 74 ½ in. by length 169 ½ in.
designed in 1834 by French artist Jean-Julien Deltil, and block-printed by Zuber & Cie,  Rixheim, France. The painting was based on Jacques-Gerard Milbert's engraving of 1828, American landscapes that were admired in Europe.
Comprising nine paper panels, now mounted on three wood panels.

Literature

Papiers peint Panoramiques, (Flammarion, Paris: Musée des Arts Decorative, 1998), pp. 310-11

Condition


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