MANUFACTURE DESFOSSE & KARTH after MADER Apollo and the nine Muses: Euterpe, Erato, Melpomène, Clio, Uranie, Polymnie, Terpsichore (sic.), Thalie, Calliope. Grey plate printing, in the form of ten statues in the Antique style, their names engraved on the pedestals. Very good overall condition, despite a few stains and small lateral tears. Figure heights approx. 105 to 110 cm. Dimensions of strips vary: approx. 130 to 150 cm by 57 cm. Source: E.A. Fauconnier's notes on Desfossé and old DK wallpaper 1935/36 "Principaux décors de Mader Frères: Les Muses et Apollon, 10 figures, N°925". Note: Mader's first edition of this series was produced around 1838 - 1840.