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- Sale 6469
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Sale 6469
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Estimate$5,000 – $7,000
Some of the elements in this design are said to have been taken from William and Thomas Daniell’s “Oriental Scenery” published in London in 1795, with two temples taken from Daniell’s engraving “Hindoo Temples at Bishabund”.
The decorative arts historian Nancy McClelland formerly attributed this design to Dufour and dated it 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, Massachusetts.
However, in 1998, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, exhibited panels of this design as produced by 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. Another example of this set is held in the UK National Trust collection at Attingham.
The screens present well. They both have scattered areas of old glue repairs, paper creasing, wear and fading to pigments overall. All are consistent with age, material and installation.
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