DESFOSSE & KARTH MANUFACTORY, late 19th–early 20th century. “Le Vieux Pont,” created by the Jules DESFOSSE manufactory in 1862. Set of five panels, woodblock print in shades of brown. Dimensions of the pattern on one strip: 270 x 47.5 cm (can be trimmed to a height of approximately 200 cm). Panel width: 237.5 cm. In good condition, despite numerous scattered stains and a few tears at the bottom. Source: Notes by E.A. FAUCONNIER on the Desfossés and antique wallpapers, DK 1935/1936. This gray-scale design was originally intended to consist of twenty-four strips, but only five were engraved; they were discovered in a cellar in 1894. (...) It sold very well in England and the United States, No. 3816.