Print Specifics:
- Type
of print: Lithograph - Original French
antique print.
- Year
of printing: not indicated in the print -
actual 1888
- Publisher: Albert Racinet, Imp. Firmin Didot
- Condition:
1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good -
4. Fair).
- Dimensions: 7 x 8.5 inches (18 x 21 cm) including blank margins around the image.
- Paper
weight: 2
(1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4.
Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse
side: Blank
- Notes:
(1) Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting
background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is
sharper than the photo of the print. (3) Last photo (original text not
included) is the French legend to the individual illustrations.
LEGEND TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE PRINT BELOW
Print Specifics:
- Type
of print: Lithograph - Original French
antique print.
- Year
of printing: not indicated in the print -
actual 1888
- Publisher: Albert Racinet, Imp. Firmin Didot
- Condition: 2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good -
4. Fair).
- Dimensions: 7 x 8.5 inches (18 x 21 cm) including blank margins around the image.
- Paper
weight: 2
(1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4.
Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse
side: Blank
- Notes:
(1) Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting
background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is
sharper than the photo of the print.
Legend:
A machine translation of an excerpt from the original French description:
THE BOUDOIR OF MARIE ANTOINETTE; PALACE OF FONTAINEBLEAU.
Louis XVI, like the kings his predecessors, brought his contingent of
restorations and constructions to the Palace of Fontainebleau; the
queen's boudoir dates from this period.
This boudoir, fitted out by the architect Rousseau, forms an almost
perfect square with two cut sides: the width is 5m75 over a depth of
5m45. A glass door between the cut sides, part of which can be seen on
the left side of our board opens onto a bathroom entirely hung in white
muslin embroidered on a pink background.
With the exception of the frames of the four doors painted in rosewood,
this little room is entirely gilded. All the panels were executed on a
green gold background, the frieze and common ornaments on a white gold
background, the moldings, frames and cornices in shiny yellow gold,
The fireplace, 0"95 high, is of white marble; it is adorned with a
clock with columns on a base and a garlanded dial, and two finely
chiseled gilt bronze candelabra from the hands of GouthiƩres-le-Beau,
as well as the bronze fire also gilded in front of which, on the
attached board, is placed a large screen.
The mirror of the fireplace, the one between the two crosses, the one
facing the fireplace and the door leading to the bathroom, each have a
curved frame provided with two moldings decorated with burnished yellow
gold, enclosing a flat bottom whose white gold is enhanced by two small
bouquets linked together by a blue ribbon.
The four doors are crowned with bas-reliefs sculpted by Beauvais in
1780 and which represent: Urania and Calliope; Clio and Polymnia;
Euterpe and Erato; Thalia and Melpomene. This last bas-relief can be
seen in its entirety on our plate.
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Any print purchased from me may be returned for any
(or no) reason for a full refund including all
postage.
-
Internet seller since 1998.
- Five-star service.
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