La Grande Helvétie
Zuber & Cie
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1815 - 1865
Materials
Wallpaper and gouache
Measurements
24450 x 700 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608092
Summary
A tall, narrow roll of French scenic wallpaper, circa 1815-1865, from the series 'La Grande Helvétie' designed by Pierre Mongin and manufactured by Zuber of Rixheim. Gouache on paper. Printed with a fishing vessel in the centre of a lake, another small boat to the right. In the foreground a woman leaning over in a rowing boat. Mountainous landscape and lakeside town in the background.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
A Grande Helvetie Coll-on de 20 les 2e Partie No.11 a 20. (written)
Makers and roles
Zuber & Cie, maker previously catalogued as probably Velay , manufacturer previously catalogued as attributed to Joseph Dufour (1752 - 1827), maker