188 - RARE WALLPAPER FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF FRANCE AND THE MONOGRAM OF KING CHARLES X

RARE WALLPAPER FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF FRANCE AND THE MONOGRAM OF KING CHARLES X PROBABLY FROM THE TUILERIES PALACE Wallpaper in two strips, later mounted on canvas and assembled into a folding screen with a hinge in the center, featuring a royal blue background strewn with gold fleurs-de-lis, flanked on either side by two Corinthian columns, surmounting a frieze alternating fleurs-de-lis and a laurel wreath centered with a fleur-de-lis, and surmounted by a frieze alternating the festooned royal coat of arms of France and the intertwined monogram “CP” of Charles-Philippe of France within a laurel wreath. In generally good condition, with some restorations. Charles X period (1824–1830). H. 260 x W. 232 (110 and 122) cm. Provenance - Probably intended for the decoration of the Tuileries Palace under Charles X. - Sotheby’s auction, “Royal Provenance,” December 2, 2004, lot 141; described as “From a set of wallpapers commissioned for the Tuileries Palace but never used.” Related Work An identical wallpaper is held at the Château d’Haroué by the Princes of Beauvau-Craon.