Hall Decoration, Hotel des Menus-Plaisirs, for the Assemblee des Notables
date: label: Date
content: 1786
name: label: Artist
content: Pierre-Adrien Paris, French, 1741 – 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A depiction of a large hall. A barrel-vaulted coffered ceiling above, with a semicircular niche containing the arms of France flanked by allegorical figures placed at the center. Below, the back wall displays three tapestries with elaborate frames, showing battle scenes from the time of Louis XIV, and between, statues in niches, with reliefs above, and flanked by fasces. A dado and raised platform at the left are also indicated.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-84
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray and rose wash, black chalk indications on two sheets of paper, joined together horizontally at center
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 25.3 × 42 cm (9 15/16 × 16 9/16 in.)