Wallpaper panel: Les Prodigues or Souper a la Maison doré
Thomas Couture, Jules Desfossé, c. 1855
The tableau depicts the latter stages of an evening in a candlelit room at the well-known Maison d'Or in Paris. Pierrot is seated on the table, Harlequin sits head in hands beside him with a man and woman collapsed on the floor at their feet. This panel was displayed on Desfossé's stand at the Paris International Exhibition of 1855 and shows the lengths to which ambitious manufacturers were prepared to go to excite public comment and thus increase status and sales.
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Title of artwork, date
Wallpaper panel: Les Prodigues or Souper a la Maison doré, c. 1855
Date supported
2005
Medium and material
Polychrome distemper on paper
Dimensions
185.4 x 235 cm
Grant
5790
Total cost
19300
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