The work reflects the influence of Eastern aesthetics on European decorative culture of the time. The delicate naturalistic motifs, rendered with extraordinary precision and chromatic vividness, evoke exotic and refined atmospheres.
Ten analogous panels of the same wallpaper are located in the Chinese apartment on the first floor of the Villa della Regina in Turin.
Bibliography: “Villa della Regina, the reflection of the Orient in 18th century Piedmont” Lacia Caterina and Cristina Mossetti, Ed. Umberto Allemandi
Dimensions:
eight: height cm. 285 width cm. 93 thickness cm. 2.5
two: height cm. 285 width cm. 76 thickness cm. 2.5
