The Boudoir of Marie Antoinette at the Chateau of Fontainbleau, 1785
Details
Marie Antoinette commissioned some of the most brilliant craftsmen of the eighteenth century to furnish her interiors, creating intimate and elegant rooms evoking the new spirit of classicism, refinement and luxury. The Wallace Collection has fine examples of furniture made by the queen’s favourite cabinet-maker, Jean-Henri Riesener, seat furniture by Georges Jacob and other craftsmen who worked for the royal family, as well as work by Marie Antoinette’s portrait painter, Élisabeth Louise Vigée le Brun.
Venue
The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £50.00- plus Eventbrite booking fee
Cost of the lectures, and visit, November 20th, November 27th and December 3rd is £70.00 - plus eventbrite booking fee
Programme
2.15pm
Visit to the Wallace Collection
The visit will explore the neo-classical style and the elegant refinement of court furnishings, with examples of exquisite furniture made for Marie Antoinette’s private apartments by Jean-Henri Riesener, seat furniture by Georges Jacob, royal pieces of Sèvres porcelain and the work of Élisabeth Vigée le Brun.
4.00pm
Tea