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A panel of Wallpaper by Dufour 'Les Incas', France, circa 1818,…
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Melbourne
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5-Apr-2011
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A panel of Wallpaper by Dufour 'Les Incas', France, circa 1818, hand coloured panel part of a series of wallpapers by Dufour some of which are in the collection of the Victoria Albert Museum 224 cm by 135 cm. Literature French scenic Wallpaper 1795-1865, Musee des arts decortifs Flammarion, page 264, the story details the civilization of the natives with a Jesuit priest overseeing an Indian showing an act of mercy to a European settler whilst in the background an oak tree grows defiantly in the foreign landscape and a pagan God perches high on the rocks
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Textiles & Fabrics: Soft Furnishings & Wallpaper