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Panoramic wallpaper Paris monuments monochrome . 1812
Manufacturer Joseph Dufour
110,00 €
This panoramic wallpaper was edited in 1812 by Manufacturer Dufour. The original decor was printed by means of 2062 engraved woodblocks, with 80 different colors. This re-edited copy belongs to the town of Lamballe - in the Côtes d’Armor. It is exhibited in the entrance hall of the Town hall, next to the marriage room.
It used to be one of the more popular French panoramic wallpaper in the United States at the beginning of the 19th century.
Revitalizing this beautiful artwork was a patient, forty-hour digital restoration completed in our workshop.
Ownership of the City of Lamballe.
Collection of Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
Photographic credic: Les Arts Décoratifs/ Jean Tholance
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Created by Joseph Dufour, the so-named workshop is, along with Zuber and Cie, one of the most exceptional of the 19th century regarding the creation of wallpapers, and especially panoramic murals. Ambitious, talented, humanist, and heavily influenced by the French Revolution ideals, Joseph Dufour set up first in Mâcon, then in Paris. At his beginnings, he kept in tune with the style and taste of the time, reproducing drapery patterns on paper. Then, he progressively turned towards literary and exotic themes with the creation of mural panoramics.
Exhibited in Paris in 1806, his first panoramic wallpaper, “Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique”, enjoyed great success, and Joseph Dufour was then considered the most revolutionary creator of the time in the art of decoration. From thereon, associated to his name, his patterns became famous all over the world, especially in Europe and in The United States.
1812
Joseph Dufour, the Manufacture’s founder, was staying in Paris in 1794 when he first got the idea of making a panoramic wallpaper. He started drawing the most iconic monuments of Paris, lining them along the River Seine –across which he ignored the bridges! So, from left to right can be recognized: the Invalides, the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Palace of Luxembourg, the Tuileries gardens, the “Lycée Imperial” (nowadays the Louis-le-Grand secondary school), the Sainte-Chapelle, the Carrousel Triumph Arch, the Mazarin Palace, Notre-Dame de Paris and Saint-Denis Gate.
Numerous scenes can be observed on this panoramic wallpaper: a couple of lovers, revellers dressed in Empire style, on a boat, a shepherd with his goats, riders, ploughmen, soldiers from the imperial guard… and even swimmers in the River Seine. In the foreground, a pastoral landscape is contrasting with the colder urban and architectural background. As panoramic wallpapers were generally hung round circular rooms in the 19th century, the earth in the foreground made the spectators feel as if they were watching the scenery from an island –a hint to the writer J.J. Rousseau’s “refuge island”.
Our wallpapers are hung in 3 stages: the preparation of the wall, its pasting, and the hanging. The strips are hung edge to edge and from left to right in the order indicated on the assembly plan supplied with the rolls. To find out more, consult our Hanging instructions page.
Non-woven wallpaper 147g/ square meter
Straight matching
Manufacturing time: 20 business days
Made in France
Owing to the manufacturing process, there could be small variations in colors from one production batch to the next. If possible, avoid buying different parts of the same design several weeks apart.
