MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH after Manufacture DUFOUR The Toilet of Venus Polychrome décor on a light-blue brushed ground. First edition 1814, designed by Xavier MADER, inspired or perhaps adapted from drawings by Louis Laffitte. Dimensions of one strip: 250x57cm - linear: 2.28m Condition: near new. Source: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and antique wallpaper DK1935/1936: "Principaux décors de Mader frères: le plafond "Toilette de Vénus" en quatre lés avec 314 planches et 57 couleurs, trente francs la collection et trente-six francs avec cadre doré". Exhibition: The model presented at the 1819 industry products and referred to as the "grand plafond colorié". Bibliography: Denys Prache with the collaboration of Véronique de Bruignac-La Hougue, Joseph Dufour Génie des papiers peints, Paris, Mare & Martin, 2016, pp. 242, reproduced. Note: This decoration, designed for a ceiling, can also form a beautiful wall decoration. One example is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs: MAD 29667.