Architecture, Decoration, and Furnishing in the Louis XVI Period Rodolphe Pfnor 1865

  

ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION AND FURNISHING: LOUIS XVI PERIOD - RODOLPHE PFNOR - 1865. ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION AND FURNISHING: LOUIS XVI PERIOD BY RODOLPHE PFNOR - 1865. He practiced in France as an engraver and architect. He is the author of numerous monographs on castles, decoration, ornamentation, and architecture, which are noteworthy for their quality. This work essentially presents, in a magnificent manner, the Petit Trianon and the Boudoir of Marie-Antoinette at the Palace of Fontainebleau...

The Petit Trianon is an estate in the park of the Palace of Versailles consisting of a chateau surrounded by gardens of varied styles. The Queen's Boudoir at the Palace of Fontainebleau is located on the first floor, between the King's state room and the Queen's room. The ornamentation was entrusted to Pierre Rousseau. It is a small rectangular room with four doors providing access.

One of them leads to a corridor that leads to the Queen's toilet room, a space intended for the use of a commode... ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION AND FURNISHING - LOUIS XVI PERIOD Designed and engraved from selected motifs in the imperial palaces, the crown furniture, public monuments, and private residences With descriptive text by RODOLPHE PFNOR, Author of the monographs on the Palace of Fontainebleau and the Castle of Heidelberg PARIS, A. Morel - 1865 - Large folio (37 x 54 cm), in sheets, under half-cloth edition folder with ties - 44 pages Followed by 49 plates (out of 50) Vignettes, lamp bases, and initials Content. Palace of the Petit Trianon: History (4 plans) - Description of the Palace of the Petit Trianon.

The palace itself (9 figures) and gardens (5 figures). The Boudoir of Marie-Antoinette at the Palace of Fontainebleau (5 figures) - Hotel, rue d'Angoulème-Saint-Honoré - Salon at Fontainebleau - Chimney - Furniture. Plates I to XXI: Palace of the Petit Trianon (facades, vestibule, salons, chimney). Plates XXII to XXIV: Sculpted wooden chimney of the Aguado Hotel. Plates XXV to XXX: Roger Hotel, rue d'Angoulème-Saint-Honoré (facades). Plates XXXI and XXXII: Porte cochère rue de Vaugirard (elevation and door leaves).

Plates XXXIII to XLI: Boudoir of Marie-Antoinette at the Palace of Fontainebleau (section, chimney, panels, espagnolette, light arms, balcony). Plates XLII and XLIII: Chimney at Fontainebleau. Plates XLIV to XLVI: Various motifs (Torch made for the marriage of Marie-Antoinette, table from the Crown furniture). Plates XLVII to L: Small salon at Fontainebleau (the plate L is missing: development of the cornice).

> Fairly good condition of use: Worn cover, restored spine, missing ties, foxing, missing plate.