The Lauzun Room
Lit à la duchesse en impériale
Georges Jacob (1739–1814)
The boiserie has gone through several changes since it entered the museum collection. It started out stripped, a 20th century change. It was then painted white and the carving was polychromed because that was how the curator at the time "knew" it should have looked. It is now solid white because that was how the current curator "knows" it should be.
The Lauzun Room
Lit à la duchesse en impériale
Georges Jacob (1739–1814)
The boiserie has gone through several changes since it entered the museum collection. It started out stripped, a 20th century change. It was then painted white and the carving was polychromed because that was how the curator at the time "knew" it should have looked. It is now solid white because that was how the current curator "knows" it should be.