MANUFACTURE DESFOSSE & KARTH Louis XIV floral design, based on drawings by Edouard MULLER, created around 1862–63. Three color-printed strips on continuous paper featuring a cornice with garlands of flowers. Excellent condition, never hung. Dimensions of the design: for one strip with gilded accents: 32 x 324 cm. — two strips: 32 x 326 and 32 x 814 cm. Wide margins. Source: Notes by E.A. FAUCONNIER on Desfossé and antique wallpapers, DK 1935/1936: 1862 Louis XIV floral design, No. 4427. Elements of this design are preserved at the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.