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French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block-printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two blues, orange, white and gray on a light blue ground.
scenic wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper
Telemachus
Original To Salmond House, Parlor
1675
Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer)
Mader, Xavier (Designer)
France
75 1/2 x 21 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. James Hall
1973.101
France
Title Accession Number 116-4
Title Accession Number 116-5
Title Accession Number 116-6
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Joined sheets
Paper
palm tree
nymphs
lute
river bank
basket of fruits
Scenic
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