A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris (12) image 1

Lot 39^TP

A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels
probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris

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27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels

probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris
the panels depicting scenes from an early 19th century stag hunt with elegant huntsmen and ladies on foot and horseback, with local peasants within a park and the surrounding countryside of a chateau or castle including the meet, the chase, a picnic and the kill, the rolls mostly numbered verso in pencil and with the tracers and painters' names along with tallies of the hours and days spent on each roll, each panel, 365cm x 122cm (12)

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Please see printed catalogue for footnote Please note that the ninth panel has a clean diagonal tear to the sky section on the left hand corner of the paper.

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A set of twelve unusual hand painted 'Les Chasses de Compiegne' panoramic wallpaper panels probably early 20th century after designs by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) circa 1814 and originally colour block printed by Jacquemart et Bénard, Paris

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