MANUFACTURE DESFOSSÉ & KARTH after DAUPTAIN Pompeian decor or Pottery Designed by Victor POTERLET. - Meeting of six pilasters and intermediaries, with antique vases in a black hexagon, on a green brushed background. Bearing references "4802" and "4860". Height of strips: 230cm (the vase motif in a hexagon: 109x50cm) - one strip with cornice: 278cm - The other strips: 237 - 262 - 263 - 297cm (the latter with a large tear at top left). Width of strips: 57cm Condition: generally good, but with tears and slight wear. Note: This decor was created by Manufacture DAUPTAIN around 1830 - 1832. Taken over by M. Brière in 1841, then by Magnier, Clerc & Margeridon in 1851, and finally sold to Hippolyte Karth in the 1860s. Bibliography: - Les Art Décoratifs, Faire le mur, 4 siècles de papiers peint, p49. - Véronique Brignac de la Hougue, Art et artistes du papier peint en France, Les Arts Décoratifs, 2007.