The Tiger Hunt
probably Velay
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1807 (after)
Materials
Wallpaper and gouache
Measurements
1380 x 570 mm
Place of origin
Paris
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608097
Summary
A panel of French wallpaper, previously attributed to Joseph Dufour, but now considered to be probably by Velay of Paris. Gouche on paper. A tall, narrow roll of scenic wallpaper, possibly part of the 'Vue de l'Inde' series. Printed with a banana tree against coastline and palm trees. Pink and blue sunset sky. The “Tiger Hunt”, variously known as “Paysage Indien”, “Chasse au tigre”, “Chasse indienne” or “Vues de l’Inde”, was attributed by Nancy McClelland to Dufour and dated to 1815 (N. McClelland, Historic Wall Papers, Philadelphia and London, 924, p. 360). She illustrates a set in the Putnam-Hanson House, 94 Boston Street, Salem, Massachusetts. However, the set has been attributed to the Velay Manufactory (see O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques, Exhibition Catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Paris, 1998, pp. 306-307). The Velay Manufactory was a contemporary of Dufour and active in Paris after 1807. Other examples of this set are in a private collection in Puy-de-Dôme, Rhone, Haute-Saône, France, in Belgium and Jönköping, Sweden.
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
5in square (stamped on the front)
Makers and roles
probably Velay , manufacturer