Manufacture Joseph DUFOUR (1757-1824) Landscape of Telemachus in the island of Caplypso. Two strips of panoramic wallpaper. 1818. Mounted on stretcher and later panel. 246 cm x 200 m. Wear and tear. Joseph Dufour was one of the most renowned manufacturers of panoramic wallpaper, initially based in Mâcon and later in Paris. His factory produced "tableaux-tentures" or "tableaux-paysages" measuring over 10 metres in length, illustrating landscapes and historiated scenes designed to appeal to the widest possible audience. Fashionable themes included literary successes such as Paul and Virginie, exotic travel stories (The Savages of the Pacific Sea), Antiquity and mythology (Psyche and Cupid, The Travels of Anthénor, The Adventures of Télémaque). Dufour's panoramic prints quickly gained considerable renown and were sold throughout Europe and the United States. The Paysage de Télémaque panoramic, inspired by Fénélon's novel of the same name, was published in 1818 by the Manufacture Dufour to a design by Xavier Mader. The original décor, comprising 24 strips, required the production of 2027 relief-engraved plates. The paper used was made from old rags. From 1864, this panoramic was reissued by the Manufacture Desfossés et Karth. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Laval have a panoramic wallpaper depicting the story of Telemachus on the island of Calypso (Inv. 2017.34.1.1-29 for the former).