MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSE 1852 Rêve de bonheur. Complete original model of this polychrome panoramic in sixteen strips, entirely gouached and annotated, depicting troubadour-style figures in a park animated by ruins and a château. Dimensions of one strip: approx. 210 x 54 cm. Condition: numerous accidents, chips, lifts and holes - handwritten annotations and numbers. BIBLIOGRAPHY: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and old DK wallpaper 1935/1936: "Principal decorations by Jules Desfossé: 1852 Décor "Rêve de bonheur" de Durrant en 16 lés - la collection 128 frs". Odile Nouvel-Kammerer: Papiers Peints Panoramiques p. 285: "Composition inspired by Guillaume HAUSSOULIER's 1845 painting Fontaine de Jouvence." An example preserved at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.