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  • Coffee table
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Stamped by Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, Master in 1755 ca. 1760 Varnished oak and linden wood, chased gilt bronze, Sèvres porcelain top Inv. CAM 194 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The varnished decoration (originally on a white ground) of the legs and lower shelf features the same pattern as the porcelain of the “plateau Courteille .” The side drawer in the apron is lined with blue tabby silk, and bears an (...)

  • Drawing room suite
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Stamped by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené, Master in 1769 ca. 1770-1780 Carved and gilt walnut and beech Inv. CAM 198 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library This suite is composed of eight “fauteuil à la reine” armchairs, two cabriolet wing chairs and a settee. The upper rail of the curved back is topped by a garland of roses and two palm leaves, and there are pine cones at the shoulders. The arm posts are scroll shaped, the apron (...)

  • Roll-top desk
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Stamped by Jean-François Oeben, Master in 1761 ca. 1760 Oak and sycamore veneered with tulipwood, sycamore, amaranth with holly marquetry, service tree, maple, barberry, ash burl, maple burl, amaranth; decorated with chased gilt bronze Inv. CAM 191 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The cabinetmaker and mechanic Jean-François Oeben designed this new type of furniture piece, the most famous example of which is Louis XV’s (...)

  • Trough-shaped sewing table
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Stamped by Jean-Henri Riesener, Master in 1768 1788 Oak veneered with tulipwood, sycamore, amaranth, pearwood, holly and ebony, and adorned with chased gilt bronze Inv. CAM 347 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library This piece is both a sewing table and a writing desk. For the first purpose, it has a rectangular “trough-shaped” top with high edges and rounded ends; for the second, a side drawer with a tray and a silvered (...)

  • Four-part folding screen
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Made by Jean-Baptiste Boulard, Master in 1754 1785 Carved gilt beech Inv. CAM 202 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The carved decoration features friezes of coin-like motifs, leaf-and-dart patterns, laurel leaves and sheaves of wheat. The gilt bronze hinges work both ways. The leaves of the screen are made of brocaded lampas silk with a polychrome decoration of pastoral scenes in appliqued medallions, created from (...)

  • Bust of Summer
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    By Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) ca. 1785 White marble Inv. CAM 165 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library In 1781, Houdon designed two life-size, full-length figures personifying Winter and Summer: a young woman, numb with cold, and a woman gardener holding a watering can. These works, both of which are held by the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, were carved in marble in 1783 and 1785. The figures proved so successful that the scuptor decided to (...)

  • Six-part folding screen
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Savonnerie factory ca. 1735-1740 Inv. CAM 141 © MAD Both sides of each part of the screen feature a polychrome decoration on a red ground. On ten of the panels, a decoration of birds and flowers is framed by flowered trellises or palm leaves and rocaille elements; on the other two, monkeys dressed as humans (“singeries”) are framed by bat-wings and rocaille motifs. The panels are mounted on red velvet with a double row of gilt nails. The Savonnerie factory began to produce folding screen (...)

  • Pair of petrified wood lidded vases
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    ca. 1780 Petrified wood, chased gilt bronze Inv. CAM 153 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library Each of these egg-shaped, lidded and footed vases stands on an octogonal base decorated with laurel leaves. The handles are formed of intertwining gilt bronze snakes with intricate chasing. The vases are exceptional for the rarity of their material and the quality of their mounts; they were part of Marie Antoinette’s collection (...)

  • Medallion: The Baronne de Nivenheim
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    By Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717-1786) 1768 Terracotta, carved and gilt wood frame Inv. CAM 417 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The artist Jean-Baptiste Nini is best remembered for his highly distinctive molded terracotta medallions representing profile busts of eminent figures of his time. They included courtiers of Versailles, but also inhabitants of the Chaumont-sur-Loire area where he had set up business. Moïse de Camondo assembled sixteen of (...)

  • Chest of drawers with sliding doors
    18 October 2016, by FABIEN

    Stamped by Jean-Henri Riesener, Master in 1768 ca. 1775-1780 Oak veneered with amaranth, sycamore, burl maple, satinwood, holly, hornbeam, hawthorn, maple and barberry, decorated with chased gilt bronze. Breche violette marble top. Inv. CAM 120 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library Although the overall shape is that of a chest of drawers, the design of this piece is highly original. Below three frieze drawers, two (...)