Second Empire Salon
date: label: Date
content: 1850–60
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown, French
label: Artist
content: French School
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This is a typical salon of mid-nineteenth century France, possibly in Paris. The walls are hung with dark green striped paper and the floor covered with a carpet of Rococo Revival floral design. Red draperies are hung from gilt-bronze poles. The cabinet-on-stand, chairs, and candelabra are decorated with gilt-bronze elements in the Empire style. Large porcelain vases, probably Chinese, flank the candelabra. A large crystal chandelier hangs over a cloth-covered table. A kneehole desk with a green leather [?] top is most probably English. Ancestor portraits and an antique statue placed on a pedestal table complete the salon of a royal or aristocratic owner.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thaw Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2007-27-24
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 60 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/4 x 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 37 x 52.7 cm (14 9/16 x 20 3/4 in.)