Xavier Mader Explained

Xavier Mader (1789-1830) was a French wallpaper designer. Mader designed numerous scenic wallpapers for Joseph Dufour et Cie, a French wallpaper manufacturer.^[1] For Dufour's 1812 Les Monuments de Paris wallpaper, Mader worked with a team of 250 artisans to create the piece.^[1]

His work is included in the collection of the RISD museum,^[2] the Musée de Valence, France, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.^[3]

Scenic wallpapers

• L’Histoire de Psyché 1815 (Dufour)^[4]
• La Galérie Mythologique (Dufour)^[5]
• Les Monuments de Paris 1812 (Dufour)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monuments of Paris . Lynchburg Museum System. 5 October 2015 .
2. Web site: Trophy with Bust of Homer RISD Museum . risdmuseum.org.
3. Web site: Ornament Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution . collections.si.edu.
4. Web site: Papier peint panoramique " L'Histoire de Psyché " . madparis.fr.
5. Web site: La Galerie Mythologique Musée de Valence . www.museedevalence.fr.
6. Book: Banham . Joanna . Encyclopedia of Interior Design . 1 May 1997 . Routledge . 978-1-136-78757-7 . en.