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Meubles et objets de goût

1802 · [Paris : Au Bureau du Journal des dames] · 28 pictures

Meubles et objets de goût is a French plate book of furniture designs published in Paris in 1802 by the Bureau du Journal des dames, aimed at cabinetmakers and fashionable buyers of the Empire period. The plates show chests, commodes, writing desks, side tables and small stands drawn in flat elevation against pale grounds, with mahogany and walnut veneers, gilt bronze mounts, marble tops and swagged draperies, offering a designer clear models of Empire proportion and ornament.

Furniture -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works · Decoration and ornament -- Empire style -- Pictorial works · Draperies -- France -- 19th century -- Pictorial works · Decoration and ornament -- Empire style · Draperies · Furniture · France

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