Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz was initially brought up in a contemporary avant-garde art world.
Of bi-cultural background, she has been based both in New York and Paris.
Trained as an art historian at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, she has become over the past 30 years “the”specialist of vintage wallpaper decors (XVIIIc. thru Art Deco period).
Thus, committed to the rediscovery of this unique mural art form, she has shown how to reintroduce today these panels into non-traditional and contemporary settings.
Private dealer – Her clients are collectors, decorators, corporations and museums such as:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkPhiladelphia Art MuseumBoston Museum of Fine ArtsChicago Art InstituteCooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New YorkMusée des Arts Décoratifs, ParisKunstgewerbemuseum Staatliche, Berlin.
Appraiser, as member of the Compagnie Nationale des Experts, Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz works with insurance companies and private collectors.
Lecturer – she organizes and delivers PowerPoint presentations to various cultural organizations, both in English and French.
Author – her book Wallpaper- a History of Style and Trends (published both in English and French, Flammarion 2009) was awarded the Paul Marmottan prize, Académie des Beaux Arts, Institut de France.
Monuments de Paris
1815-1830
One scene from the panoramique “Monuments de Paris »
Wallpaper decor created and wood-block printed by the manufacture Joseph Dufour, Paris.
This scene depicts the Palais Royal, Saint Jacques du Haut Pas, the Pantheon, the Place Vendome with its Column and the Tour Saint Jacques church.
H 1,45 m x W 2,74 m (4’8’’ x 9’)
Lined on linen canvas and mounted on stretcher
The first two editions produced by Joseph Dufour were block-printed on spliced paper.
A first limited edition was printed in 1812-1814.
A second, also limited edition, was executed in 1815-1830 (showing the column of the Place Vendome no longer surmounted by the statue of Napoleon) – This is the date of our scenic.
Both these early editions were wood-block printed in small joined papers (« papiers raboutés »).
This process was long and complex, requiring over 2000 wood-blocks and more than 80 colors, thus the reason for a small limited production.
Such a technique created decors composed of a multitude of fine engraved lines and a rich density of the pigments- resulting in superb workmanship.
As of the second half of the XIX century the manufacture of Desfossé and Karth reproduced this decor in larger editions, no longer using the earlier technique on small joined papers- therefore a process of lesser quality and finesse.
Today, it is the earlier renditions that are sought after by art connoisseurs or collectors.
Bibliography
- Denys Prache, Joseph Dufour-Génie des Papiers Peints (Mare et Martin, 2016) p. 210-215
- Odile Nouvel-Kammerer – Papiers Peints Panoramiques (MAD, Flammarion, 1990) p. 276
- H. Clouzot, Ch. Follot – Histoire du papier peint en France (Ed. d’Art Charles Moreau, Paris, 1935) p. 173
- Nancy McClelland – Historic Wallpapers (JB Lippincott, London, Philadelphia, 1924) p. 155
Public collections
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD), Paris
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- Göteborg Muuso, (Sweden)
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