The Salon Doré from the Hôtel de la Trémoille
San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2014. Hardcover. White & black & textured boards, illus. flyleaves, 124 pp., many color illus., contains a fold-out. VG. Slight wear on edges of cover. Contents are beautifully clean and tight. Item #147714
ISBN: 9780884011422
"The Salon Doré from the Hôtel de la Trémoille is one of the most cherished spaces in the Legion of Honor. Restored to its former glory as a salon de compagnie, with its gilded paneling and full complement of furnishings, it now not only represents the high point of interior decoration in late-eighteenth-century France, but also is an example of how the period room can be displayed in a more engaging manner in the twenty-first century. ...The original purpose of renovating the Salon Doré was the restoration of its beautiful gilded paneling as a fine example of French Neoclassical architecture. The superlative design and carving of the various elements -- the mirrors with their crowning trophies of the arts, the grand Corinthian pilasters, the door frames decorated with plaster overdoors modeled in low and high relief -- required extensive conservation to improve their sculptural details and gilding. ... Our aim was to furnish the room in the manner of the late eighteenth century -- as a salon de compagnie, with the range of chairs and console tables that were characteristic of the Parisian aristocratic salon." (foreword) Lavishly and exquisitely illustrated. Scarce.
OCLC: 864299352
Price: $50.00