Decoration in the Age of Napoleon: Empire Elegance Versus Regency Refinement

September 3, 2004 - April 2, 2005

Images

"Les armes de l'Empire" [Imperial Arms]. Color plate in: Collections & souvenirs de Malmaison.... Paris: Au masque d'or Devambez, 1921. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.		"Clock in Bronze Doré Placed on Ebony Base." Original pencil and color on paper design from: French Goldsmith's Designs, ca. 1800. N.p., ca. 1804. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.
"Ensign Bearing the Regimental Colours." Colored engraving from: Vol. 322, no. 2 ("England -- Great Britain 1812-1815") of a scrapbook of military costume plates, mid-to-late 19th century. General Research Division, Vinkhuizen Collection of Military Costume.		"Couches with Eliptic Ends." Hand-colored engraving from: Illustrations of Fashionable Cabinet Furniture. London: Architectural and Scientific Library, ca. 1840. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.
"Nya moderna mobler." Hand-colored engraving in Konst och Nyhets Magasin för Medborgare af alla Klasser. Stockholm, 1837. Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library.		Hector Lefuel's "Boutique de M. Emerie Limonadier Boulevard du Temple" [Shop of M. Emerie, Café-Keeper, Boulevard du Temple]. Color plate in: Boutiques parisiènnes du Premier Empire. Paris: Morancé, 1925. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection.
Thomas Sheraton, "Window Treatment ‘To the memory of Lord Nelson'." Hand-colored engraving in: The Cabinet Maker and Artist's Encyclopedia. London, 1805-6. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.		William Henry Pyne, "Rose Satin Drawing Room, Carlton House." Hand-colored engraving in: The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, and Frogmore. Vol. 3. London: A. Dry, 1819. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.