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'LES AMOURS DE PSYCHE' PANORAMIC WALLPAPER
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'LES AMOURS DE PSYCHE' PANORAMIC WALLPAPER

BY DUFOUR, AFTER DESIGNS BY LOUIS LAFITTE AND MERRY-JOSEPH BLONDEL, LATE 19TH/FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

Closed8 October 2015

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'LES AMOURS DE PSYCHE' PANORAMIC WALLPAPER
BY DUFOUR, AFTER DESIGNS BY LOUIS LAFITTE AND MERRY-JOSEPH BLONDEL, LATE 19TH/FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
Comprising 24 pieces of grisaille paper depicting scenes from the mythology of Psyche and Eros
70 in. (178 cm.) high, 21 in. (53 cm.) wide, each single panel

Specialist note

These wall-paper panels form part of the Psyche series executed in 1815 by Merry-Joseph Blondel and Louis Laffitte for the Manufacture Dufour. This series, originally comprising twenty-six lengths, is directly inspired by the romantic novel of La Fontaine Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon, and was exhibited at the 1819 Exposition des Produits de l'industrie where it was awarded a silver medal. Similar examples have been exhibited at the Deutsches Tapetenmuseum, Kassel, Germany and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. See E.A. Entwistle, French Scenic Wallpapers 1800-1860, F. Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1972, pl. 20-24.