VUË PERSPECTIVE DE L'INTERIEURE D'UNE DES SALLES DE LA PLACE DE LOUIS LE GRAND, VUE DE L'ENTRÉE DU SALLON.
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Interior view of one of the halls set up in the Place Louis le Grand (now Place Vendôme) for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. On either side of the entry are stepped terraces; the top level is reserved seating, and the two other tiers support the food for the feast. The hall is filled with revelers eating, drinking, and dancing, as well as individuals sitting near the food who seem impoverished.
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: 1921-6-207-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.8 × 87.6 cm (24 3/4 × 34 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 47.8 × 67.2 cm (18 13/16 × 26 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 47.2 × 66.4 cm (18 9/16 × 26 1/8 in.)