Xavier Mader
Xavier Mader (1789-1830) was a French wallpaper designer.[1] Mader designed numerous scenic wallpapers for Joseph Dufour et Cie, a French wallpaper manufacturer.[2] For Dufour's 1812 Les Monuments de Paris wallpaper, Mader worked with a team of 250 artisans to create the piece.[2]
His work is included in the collection of the RISD museum,[1] the Musée de Valence, France,[3] and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[4]
Scenic wallpapers[edit]
- L’Histoire de Psyché 1815 (Dufour)[5]
- La Galérie Mythologique (Dufour)[3]
- Les Monuments de Paris 1812 (Dufour)[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Trophy with Bust of Homer | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org.
- ^ a b "Monuments of Paris". Lynchburg Museum System. 5 October 2015.
- ^ a b "La Galerie Mythologique | Musée de Valence". www.museedevalence.fr.
- ^ "Ornament | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu.
- ^ "Papier peint panoramique " L'Histoire de Psyché "". madparis.fr.
- ^ Banham, Joanna (1 May 1997). Encyclopedia of Interior Design. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-78757-7.