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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Boiserie from the Hôtel de Tessé, Paris ca. 1768-72 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
"The salon is the assembly room, used for festive occasions. It is here that the greatest formality prevails; in this room, magnificence must unfold; wealth must be lavished; and the Artist must deploy his taste and his genius. Marbles, bronzes, gilding, sculpture, painting, and glasses will come to his aid; tapestries, which we have raised to such a degree of beauty, may enrich the effect. Rock crystal for the lusters, girandoles, and candelabra; precious statues; the richest of vases; the rarest of porcelains; all may combine to improve the room."
— Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, Le Génie de l’architecture