![North Wall of the Metamorphoses wallpaper. Produced by the Arthur & Robert factory, Paris, after 1789.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/nordwand-der-metamorphosen-tapete-300x225.jpg)
A Parisian treasure in the Bernese Jura
A magnificent 15-metre length of wallpaper now on display in the Museum came originally from an unremarkable farmhouse in what is now the Bernese Jura. The owner was probably able to afford the exquisite wall decoration thanks to the contraband business.
![“La Bise noire” farm in La Cibourg in the Bernese Jura.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bauernhof-la-bise-noire-300x188.jpg)
![West Wall of the Metamorphosis wallpaper. Produced by the Arthur & Robert factory, Paris, after 1789.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/westwand-der-metamorphosen-tapete-300x150.jpg)
![Charles-François Robert with his wife, Eléonore, née Humbert-Droz, painted by Joseph Reinhard, around 1797.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/charles-francois-robert-mit-ehefrau-eleonore-dig-60146-lm-1803591-2-263x300.jpg)
![Jean-Charles Develly, View of a wallpaper factory. Painting on porcelain (Service des Arts Industriels), 1828. Manufacture et musée national, Sèvres.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/manufaktur-tapeten-300x300.jpg)
![The 15 pound price tag noted on the back of a bezel.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/der-auf-der-ruckseite-einer-lunette-vermerkte-preis-von-15-pfund-gbe-155004-lm-1718771-inscrip-300x118.jpg)
![Report of 18 February 1785, on the fraudulent schemes of a rogue who engaged in smuggling food items.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bericht-vom-18-februar-1895-lebensmittelschmuggel-185x300.jpg)
Ovid in the Jura. The Extraordinary Story of a Wallpape
How did a decor fit for the Tuileries Palace find its way into a farm in the Bernese Jura? The exhibition at Château de Prangins explores a luxurious parlour decorated with wallpaper from the late 18th century – a masterpiece from the Swiss National Museum that is being shown in public for the first time – and tells the fascinating story of its colourful owner. This is a tale of wine, wallpaper, countryside and contraband!