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A set of Empire wall paper panels depicting "The Tiger Hunt" before 1818, Manufacture Velay, Paris
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Paper, oil paint
- height 89 in.; complete length 521 1/4 in.
comprising 25 panels
Condition
Panels lined, some areas now slightly lifting from lining; not extensive. With scattered minor losses and flaking to paint. With scattered inpainting. Some pinholes at edges. In good overall condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The "Tiger Hunt", variously know as "Paysage Indien", "chasse au tigre", "chasse indienne" or "vues de l'Inde", was attributed by Nancy McClelland to Dufour and dated to 1815 (N. McClelland, Historic Wall Papers, Philadelphia and London, 924, p. 360). She illustrates a set in the Putnam-Hanson House, 94 Boston Street, Salem, Mass. However, the set has been reattributed to the Velay Manufactory (see O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques,Exhibition Catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1998, pp. 306-307). The Velay Manufactory was a contemporary of Dufour and active in Paris after 1807.
Other examples of this set are in a private collection in Puy-de-Dôme, Rhone, Haute-Saône, France, in Belgium and Jönköping, Sweden.
The scenes, some of which are said to have been taken from William and Thomas Daniell's "Oriental Scenery" published in London in 1795, depict the right bank of the River Ganges, with tigers being hunted on horseback and mounted on an elephant. Two temples are taken from Daniell's engraving "Hindoo Temples at Bishabund" (op. cit. pl. II).