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)
Footnotes:
Provenance
With Toynbee-Clarke Interiors, Mount Street, London, circa 2002.
George Toynbee-Clarke founded the firm of Toynbee-Clarke Interiors, which he and his wife Daphne ran for 50 years — dealing for most of that time in antique wallpapers, and become famous in interior decorating circles around the world

Towards the end of the 18th century scenic wallpapers became fashionable, primarily in Europe and America. Block printed in a wide range of colours in France, many featured vast panoramic views, including of note 'Sauvages de la Mer du Pacifique,' (Savages of the Pacific) which was designed by the artist Jean Gabriel Charvet for the French manufacturer Joseph Dufour et Cie, showing the voyages of Captain Cook. This was the largest panoramic wallpaper of its time and made Dufour et Cie a great success, particularly in America where scenic papers were highly coveted.

Other French manufacturers of panoramic, scenic and trompe l'oeil papers include Jacquemart & Bérnard, Arthur et Robert and Zuber et Cie . Zubers 1834 'Views of North America' now hangs in the diplomatic reception of The White House, Washington USA.

The La Chasse de Compiègne' ('La Chasse aux Courses') series of scenic wallpaper panels were designed by the artist Carle Vernet in 1814 and depict a continuous hunting scene, including the meet, the hunt, a picnic and the kill. Printed by the prestigious wallpaper manufacturer Jacquemart & Bérnard, originally as a set of twenty-five panels, a set is now in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The present lot, comprising twelve panels, is a unique free-hand painted version of this early 19th century printed set and from the pencil annotations including names of the various female 'paintresses', it is apparent that the set was painted in England or the USA, possibly for a high end decorating firm as special commission in the late 1920's /early 1930's.
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