Maria Leszczy.C5.84ska Petit appartement de la reine
arrière cabinet detail of vernis martin woodwork, 1750s, coming chamber of apartment of maria josepha of saxony · , guillaume , etienne-simon martin
under marie leszczyńska, petit appartement de la reine underwent 3 distinct phases of modification: 1728-1731; 1737–1739; and, 1746-1748.
the 1728-1731 phase resulted in construction of chambre des bains (1740 plan #8); petite galerie (1740 plan #7); , oratory (1740 plan #6) (verlet 1985, p. 401).
the 1737-1739 phase saw significant redecoration in petite galerie décor of paneling in green , gold vernis martin. @ time, appartement de nuit du duc de bourgogne remodeled use queen construction of grand cabinet intérieur (1740 plan #9) , arrière cabinet (1740 plan #10), both of decorated intricately carved , painted paneling. @ time, number of paintings, notably françois boucher , charles-antoine coypel, displayed in petit appartement de la reine (verlet 1985, p. 402)
the 1746-1748 phase saw redecoration of petite galerie. during time called alternately cabinet des chinois – owing number of chinoiserie designs queen, had framed , hung in room – or laboratoire – laboratory pursued hobbies. @ time, oratoire converted in cabinet de la méridienne new paneling jacques verberckt. pièce des bains redecorated paneling rousseau brothers , paintings charles-joseph natoire. grand cabinet d’intérieur received new paneling verberckt (jallut, 1969; pons, 1992; verlet 1985, p. 402-403).
with death of marie leszczyńska in 1768, petit appartement de la reine remained vacant until arrival of new dauphine, marie-antoinette, in 1770.
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