Panelled Room, Hotel Mégret Serilly (1778) *

Artist/Designer: Jean Simeon, Jean Rousseau de la Rottière

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Rousseau de la Rottière, Jean and Jean-Simeon. Panelled Room, 1778. Carved oak, painted and gilded pine, Height: 487 cm, Length: 426 cm, Width: 320 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London ( Source | Accessed : May 16, 2013 | Photographer: V&A Collections Photographer )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Wood, Paint, Color

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Jean-Siméon Rousseau de la Rottière | Accessed : October 1, 2018

Paneled Room (salon de compagnie) | Accessed : October 1, 2018

A lost dream: Madame de Sérilly | Accessed : October 29, 2018

Significant Date(s):
18th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Ditner, David. SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN SCULPTURE IN THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART (OHIO), 1986, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Milliken, William M. "The Rousseau De La Rottière Room the Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 4 (1942): 47-66.

Building Address: Orginally from Hotel Mégret Serilly, 106 Rue Vieille du Temple, 75003 Paris, France
Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S116

Significant Dates: Construction Date (1778)

Supporting Staff/ Designers:
Rousseau de la Rottière, Jean (designer)
Jean-Simeon (designer)
Lagrenée, Jean-Jacques (possibly, painter)
Callet, Antoine-François (possibly, painter)
Brenet (possibly, painter)
Gouthière Pierre (maker)
Roland, Philippe-Laurent (Sculptor)

Tags: Oak, Neo-Classical, Paint, modern gilt-bronze hardware; modern mirror glass

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