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Le Petite Trianon, Versailles (1768) *

Artist/Designer: Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Project Location: Versailles, France

Figure 1: Tea Part : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )
Figure 2: Stair Case : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )
Figure 3: FirePlace : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )
Figure 4: FirePlace : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )
Figure 5: Elevation : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )
Figure 6: Belvedere : Paris Atelier: A Little Privacy...Please! [Blog] Blogspot. Source: Judy Humphrey, (2009). Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: Judy Humphrey )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Fabric, Color

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1758, 1768

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Cheng, Diana. The History of the Boudoir in the Eighteenth Century, 2011, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

De Montclos, Jean-Marie Perouse. Versailles. New York: Artabras Publishers, 1994.

El-Khoury, Rodolphe. In Visible Environments: Architecture and the Senses in Eighteenth-century France, 1996, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette: The Journey. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.

Lever, Evelyne. Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 2001.

Lombard, Kirsten, and Casid, Jill H. Cultural Memory and the Role of Louis XV in the Creation of the Petit Trianon Gardens at Versailles, 2009, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Spawforth, Tony. Versailles: A Biography of a Palace. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan, 2010.

Building Address: 78008 Versailles, France

Significant Dates: Construction Dates (1758-1768)

Supporting Staff/ Designers: N/A

Tags: Versailles, French Chateau, Follies, Classical

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