DECORATION DU THRONE ELEVÉ AU BALCON DE L’APARTEMENT DE L’INFANTE. Pour leurs Majesté et la famille Royalle, à l’occasion de la feste que la Ville a donnée sur le bassin de la Rivierre de Seine, en Rejouissance du Mariage de Madame premiere de France, avec Dom Philippes II. Infante d’Espagne, le 29 Aoust 1739; Executée par les Bâtiments du Roy. Sur les Dessins de Mr. Gabriel, premier Architecte du Roy.
date: label: Date
content: after 1739
name: label: Publisher
content: François Baillieul, French, 1697? – 1754
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A festival print illustrating the decoration of the balcony and façade of a building, where members of the French Royal Family sat to enjoy the festivities given by the city of Paris on the river Seine, in honor of the marriage between Madame of France and Dom Philippe II. A balcony with semi-circular balustrade is decorated with garlands wrapped around the columns and upholstered with banners and hanging textiles. Two chandeliers hang from the balcony. The roof of the balcony is an arch with the French royal coat of arms, topped with a Basket of flowers. Figures stand on the balcony and in the windows to the left of the balcony. A military band stand below on the street level. To the right, seating is erected with more people. Trees visible in the background, overtop the temporary seating. The title, description, including a legend and the address are lettered below.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-235-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper