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Le Souper à la Maison d'Or

Wallpaper
1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Desfossé & Karth (manufacturer)
Desfossé, Jules (designer)
Couture, Thomas (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)

Portion of a wallpaper panel entitled 'Le Souper à la Maison d'Or' or 'Les Prodiges'; Colour machine print, on paper. The object is composed of two long strips printed in colours on a buff ground.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Le Souper à la Maison d'Or (generic title)
  • Les Prodiges (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Portion of a wallpaper panel entitled 'Le Souper à la Maison d'Or' or 'Les Prodiges'; Designed by Jules Desfossé, after the painting, dated 1855, by Thomas Couture; Colour machine print, on paper; Produced by the firm of Jules Desfossé; France; 1862.
Physical description
Portion of a wallpaper panel entitled 'Le Souper à la Maison d'Or' or 'Les Prodiges'; Colour machine print, on paper. The object is composed of two long strips printed in colours on a buff ground.
Dimensions
  • Overall size height: 186.6cm
  • Overall size width: 259.1cm
  • Strip one estimate height: 186.7cm
  • Strip one estimate width: 124.5cm
  • Strip two estimate height: 186.7cm
  • Strip two estimate width: 134.6cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Production
The design is after the painting, dated 1855, by Thomas Couture.
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Entwisle, E. A. French Scenic Wallpaper (1800-1860. Leigh-on-Sea, 1972.
  • Clouzot, Henri. Les chefs d'oeuvres du Papiers Peints. Tableaux-tentures de Dufour et Leroy. Paris, 1931.
  • Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.147-1946

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Record createdApril 28, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O228670/le-souper-à-la-maison-wallpaper-desfossé-jules/
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