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Section of a Salon
Louis-Gustave Taravalca. 1785
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A mantelpiece is flanked by two closed folding doors. A combination time piece and candle bracket stands on the mantel. A girl and a child are seated beside the dial. Written with ink, bottom framing: "GLT" at left. "Sallon" center; "Compose et dessine par Gustave Taraval architecte/ Inspecteur des Batimens du Roy."
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Details
- Title: Section of a Salon
- Creator: Louis-Gustave Taraval
- Creator Lifespan: 1738/1794
- Date Created: ca. 1785
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and rose and blue watercolor on paper
- Provenance: Collection of Leon DeclouxCollection of Destailleur, cat. # 530.
- Exhibitions: New York, NY - The Grolier Club of New York. Europe in 1776. October 19 - December 11, 1976.London - The Arts Council of Great Britain, V&A Museum, Osterley Park House, Middlesex - The Age of Neo-Classicism. September 7 - November 19,1972; cat. no. 1524, p. 713Cleavland , Ohio - Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. September 21 - November 1, 1964 no. 64.Detroit, MI - Detroit Institute of Arts - French Taste in the Eighteenth Century. April 17 - May 27,1956, no. 207 p. 65.
- Dimensions: 43 x 67.5 cm (16 15/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Henry Hawley, "New Classicis, Style and Motif..." The Cleveland Art Museum (New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1964) no. 49.
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