MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ, circa 1855, Galerie de Flore. Designer: Édouard Muller (1823–1876). Pair of wall panels depicting a cupid holding a flower-adorned basin, with a console-style base decorated with a medallion. Plate-printed on a brushed white background (approximately 40 colors). Pattern dimensions per strip: 205 x 92 cm (can be trimmed to approximately 140 cm). Strip width: 99 cm. Very good condition, but with a tear along the side, fragile edges (needing trimming), and a variation in background color: white and off-white. Pattern dimensions: 150 x 66.5 cm. Note: The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris holds several intermediate strips of this design. Inventory nos. 29602 A, B, and following.