MANUFACTURE ISIDORE LEROY The Judgment of Solomon. Designed by Arthur Martin, 1888. Complete suite of seven strips and border with IL cartouches in the corners. Décor printed "à la mécanique" with the twenty-six-color printing machine reserved for exceptional decors, a technical feat never surpassed, and made especially for Isidore Leroy in 1877. Dimensions: approx. 213.5 x 442 cm. Condition: good despite wear, stains and cracks. Woven. Exhibition: an identical copy was exhibited at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. A (partial) copy is held by the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris - one by the Hessen Kassel Héritage Museen, Germany - another by the Musée National Suisse Chateau de Prangin. Note: The 26-color printing press is now a listed historic monument, housed in the former Isidore Leroy factory in Saint-Fargeau Ponthierry (Seine et Marne), converted into a cultural center in 1986.