Live Auction 7918Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC.
Bissardon et Bony, Lyon
Lot 37

Bissardon et Bony, Lyon

Designs for silk wall coverings with harps flanked by vases of flowers

Closed16 July 2010

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GBP 2,125

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Bissardon et Bony, Lyon
Designs for silk wall coverings with harps flanked by vases of flowers
black chalk, bodycolour
16 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (41 x 28.3 cm.); and smaller
a pair (2)

Acquired from Henry Sotheran Ltd., London, July 1988.

Specialist note

One of the most important textile manufacturers of the 18th Century, this Lyon-based firm was a partnership between Jean-Pierre Bissardon (d. 1816) and the flower-painter Jean-François Bony (1754-1825).