EditorialTapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), ca. 1780?90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), Overall: H. 87 ? W. 72 in. (221 ? 182.9 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed can...
EditorialPauvre famille dans sa maison above; Menuisier allant s'installer. Transport de feuilles d'alo?s below., still image, Prints, 1834 - 1839, Debret, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848).
EditorialBookstand, 1839, French, Paris, Ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, oak, maple, rosewood, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl; brass hardware and mounts; lined with silk velvet not original to the piece, Overall (at base): 53 x 32 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (134....
EditorialFrench actor Pierre Clozel (1772-1840) as Charles Scavronski in Menuisier de Livonie by Alexandre Duval at the Odeon Theatre, Paris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Joly from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y. Z, Chez Louis Janet...
EditorialTester bed (lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), ca. 1782?83, French, Paris, Carved, painted and gilded walnut, pine, and linden; iron hardware; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry; modern silk damask, Overall (bed components installed): H. 156 3/4 x W. 73 1/2...
EditorialValence for a bed (Lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), ca. 1780?90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), H. 19 ? L. 70 in. (48.3 ? 177.8 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ...