Antenor-tapestry

Twenty of a total of twenty-five sections of a panorama wallpaper hang on the north wall. This was hand-printed from 1820–25 by manufacturer Joseph Dufour in Paris using wooden molds on paper. The motifs of the wallpaper show scenes from Étienne-François Lantier's 1798 fictitious travel novel "The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia." On the left is the "Boat Trip," depicting when the Greek sculptor Antenor (active around 510–480 B.C.) visited the poet Sappho. In the center is the "Scene in the Park," showing Spartan women in a footrace. The "Departure for the Hunt," which shows the Amazons ready for battle, is displayed in the right part of the wallpaper.