Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Saint Marc, Bordeaux ca. 1785 carved and painted pine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse ca. 1774 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris ca. 1736-52 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boiserie from the Hôtel de Tessé, Paris ca. 1768-72 carved, painted and gilded oak Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York "The salon is the assembly room, used for festive occasions. It is here that the greatest formality prevails; in this room, magnificence must unfold; wealth must be lavished; and the Artist must deploy his taste and his genius. Marbles, bronzes, gilding, sculpture, painting, and glasses will come to his aid; tapestries, which we have raised to such a degree of beauty, may enrich the effect. Rock crystal for the lusters, girandoles, and candelabra; precious statues; the richest of vases; the rarest of porcelains; all may combine to improve the room." — Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, Le Génie de l’architecture
