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Part of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Georges Jacob (1739–1814, master 1765)
Date: ca. 1780–85Accession Number: 58.75.25
lapidary workshop, Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles
Date: after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780Accession Number: 1971.206.44
Date: ca. 1790Accession Number: 1971.206.41
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1791Accession Number: 1971.206.24
Adam Weisweiler (1744–1820, master cabinetmaker 1778–after 1810)
Date: ca. 1790Accession Number: 1977.1.12
after a design by François Joseph Belanger (French, Paris 1744–1818 Paris)
Date: 1784Accession Number: 1976.227
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Devoted to the decorative arts of seventeenth- and especially eighteenth-century France, The Wrightsman Galleries (522–529, 531–533, and 545–547) display the Museum's holdings of furniture, Savonnerie carpets, gilt bronze, Sèvres porcelain, silver, and gold boxes. Since the 1963 acquisition of the paneling from the Hôtel de Varengeville and the Palais Paar with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, these rooms have borne the Wrightsmans' name.
Enriching the Museum's already strong collections of French decorative arts, many of the objects and furnishings on display here were gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Wrightsman. This gallery displays paintings, furniture and gilt-bronze furnishings dating to the reign of Louis XVI. Although not a period room, the space includes architectural features such as carved over-door panels originally from the château de Chanteloup and a chimneypiece with figures modeled by Jean-Joseph Foucou. A series of paintings by Hubert Robert executed for Comte d'Artois's folly Bagatelle decorates the walls. Illuminated by a pair of splendid rock crystal and gilt-bronze chandeliers, the gallery also has furniture by Adam Weisweiler incorporating Japanese lacquer, a set of chairs by Georges Jacob, an imposing urn of Egyptian porphyry, and a pair of Sèvres vases evoking Asian lacquer.
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