MANUFACTURE DESFOSSE & KARTH Les Loges de Raphaël" decor. Cron and Ballavoine, designers, circa 1873 - 1874. Decorative elements: pilasters, wainscot panels (door tops) and friezes, with arabesque decoration on a white, brown, gray or black background, consisting of : - Five door tops, including: 2 white and gilded - 1 cream - 1 brown - 1 black. 60 x 127 cm. - Four pilasters (some missing). Height: 195 -247 - 249 and 267 cm. Width of decor: 41 cm. - Double border on white background: 2 strips of 260 and 380 cm (border width: 17 cm). - Frieze on white background: 33 x 364 cm. - Frieze on brown background: 33 x 265 cm (+ margins). - Frieze on beige/brown background: 33 x 260 cm. - Frieze on black background: one 275 cm strip (printed with two 22 cm friezes) and one 650 cm strip (printed with two 17 cm friezes). Width of strips: approx. 57 cm. Source: E.A. FAUCONNIER's notes on Desfossé and old DK wallpaper 1935/1936: "1873/74 Décor Loges de Raphaël de Cron et Ballavoine, N°6519".