MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ 1855 Le Jardin d'Armide, frieze of children on gold background. Original life-size gouache model, executed by hand on heavy paper, with numerous handwritten indications. Designers: Édouard Muller and Victor Bennoury. Two strips 196 and 205cm long. Width of strip: 63cm Width of decoration: 55cm Beautifully vivid colors, but lots of wear, accidents and tears. Exact model of the 1855 stand. Bibliography: Exhibition catalog, Thomas Couture, Souper à la maison d'or, Jules Desfossé, Bénédicte Ottinger and Véronique de La Hougue, Senlis, Musée de l'Hôtel de Vermandois, Association des Amis du musée d'Art de Senlis, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1998-1999.