Drawing Room – Napoleon III Apartments – Louvre

Artist/Designer: Hector-Martin Lefeul, Louis Visconti

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 2: Frescoes on the ceiling of the State Drawing Room, Charles-Raphael Marechal. Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 3: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 4: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 5: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 6: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 7: Drawing Room, Napoleon III Apartments, Louvre, Paris, France, 1852-1856. ( Source | Accessed : February 28, 2017 )

Figure 8: Musees du Louvre Premier Etage, 1910. ( Source )

Style/Period(s):
Baroque, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Metal, Fabric, Plaster

Function(s):
Government, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

http://exploristory.com/livin-louvre-napoleon-apartments/ | Accessed : February 28, 2017

https://ritournelleblog.com/2010/12/15/a-visit-to-the-louvre-and-its-napoleon-iii-apartments/ | Accessed : February 28, 2017

http://www.theitalianeyemagazine.com/en/napoleon-iii-apartments/2 | Accessed : February 28, 2017

Significant Date(s):
1852, 1856

Additional Information:
Craven, Wayne. Gilded Mansions: Grand Architecture and High Society. New York [etc.]: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Dion-Tenenbaum, Anne, and Susan Wise. The Napoleon III apartments. [Paris]: Musée du Louvre, 2006.

Nave, Alain, and Rosalie Gomes. Treasures of the Louvre. Paris: A. Biro, 1998.

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