‎COLLECTIF‎
‎L'HOTEL BEAUHARNAIS‎

‎L'Hotel Beauharnais. Palais de l'Ambassade d'Allemagne a Paris‎

‎L'Hotel Beauharnais. Palais de l'Ambassade d'Allemagne a Paris. Paris: Edition Albert Morance, Librairie centrale d'art et d'architecture, ancienne Maison Morel, ca1910. 20 pages, with 80 b&w plates, numerous b&w illustrations and floor plans. Hardback. 45x35.5cms. Published by the Librairie centrale d'art et d'architecture (the renown French publishing house specialized in art and architecture), this large size book illustrates in detail the interior decorations of the Hotel Beauharnais. Alongside a detailed history of the building and the various ownership changes it underwent over two centuries, the publication offers bountiful detailed illustrations of furniture, marble floors, bronzes, ormolu clocks and candlesticks, stucco panelings, mantelpieces, ceiling paintings. Built in the early 18th Century, the mansion was looted during the French revolution. It was later purchased by Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Viceroy of Italy, stepson and adopted child of Napoleon I. Beauharnais had it rebuilt and its interiors redecorated in the coeve Empire style, of which the building offers a remarkably beautiful example: from the landscapes by Hubert Robert and the mantelpiece of antique green marble embellished with gilt bronze featured in the Green drawing room; to the the pink reception room, famous for its Italian mosaics; from the severe throne room, to the Four Seasons drawing room, whose homonymous paintings were attributed to Prudhon in the past but are believed today to be by Girodet. After the Congress of Vienna, the building was sold to Prussia, and became residence of the Prussian legation on French territory. Following the Franco-Prussian War, it served as embassy of the German Empire in France.Provenance: Millicent Rogers, New York and Taos. Thence by descent. Text in French.‎

‎Published by the Librairie centrale d'art et d'architecture (the renown French publishing house specialized in art and architecture), this large size book illustrates in detail the interior decorations of the Hotel Beauharnais. Alongside a detailed history of the building and the various ownership changes it underwent over two centuries, the publication offers bountiful detailed illustrations of furniture, marble floors, bronzes, ormolu clocks and candlesticks, stucco panelings, mantelpieces, ceiling paintings. Built in the early 18th Century, the mansion was looted during the French revolution. It was later purchased by Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Viceroy of Italy, stepson and adopted child of Napoleon I. Beauharnais had it rebuilt and its interiors redecorated in the coeve Empire style, of which the building offers a remarkably beautiful example: from the landscapes by Hubert Robert and the mantelpiece of antique green marble embellished with gilt bronze featured in the Green drawing room; to the the pink reception room, famous for its Italian mosaics; from the severe throne room, to the Four Seasons drawing room, whose homonymous paintings were attributed to Prudhon in the past but are believed today to be by Girodet. After the Congress of Vienna, the building was sold to Prussia, and became residence of the Prussian legation on French territory. Following the Franco-Prussian War, it served as embassy of the German Empire in France.Provenance: Millicent Rogers, New York and Taos. Thence by descent. Text in French‎

‎Le Style Empire. L'Hôtel Beauharnais à Paris, notice par E.Driault.‎

‎ Paris, A.Morancé, s.d. (ca. 1930), publ. portfolio, in-f°, 18 pp + 80 pls (loose as issued).‎

‎LE STYLE EMPIRE. L'HOTEL BEAUHARNAIS, Palais de l’Ambassade d’Allemagne à Paris.‎

‎LIBRAIRIE CENTRALE D'ART ET ARCHITECTURE , ancienne maison Morel, Ch. Eggimann successeur, Paris, circa 1907.‎

‎... 1 porte-folio (46,5 x33,5 cm) ou “farde”, à 2 cordons, 20 pages d’introduction et 80 planches en noir et blanc, photographies de la quasi-totalité des éléments d’architecture, de mobilier et de décoration intérieure de l’Ambassade. Le porte-folio s’ouvre d’abord sur une introduction (pp1-20), consistant d’une part en une étude historique et architecturale de l’HOTEL BEAUHARNAIS, d’autre part en une table descriptive des 80 planches de photographies. -FACADE ET ESCALIER (pl. 1-3). -REZ DE CHAUSSEE: Bibliothèque (pl. 4-5), Salon vert (pl. 6-11 et 79), Salon rouge (pl. 12-13), Salle à manger (pl. 14-15).-APPARTEMENTS DU 1ER ETAGE: Salle du trône (pl. 16-17), Salon des saison (pl. 18-37 et 77) , Salon rose (pl. 38-46 et 78), Grande chambre à coucher (pl. 47-58), Salon de musique (pl. 59-67), Boudoir turc (pl. 68-71), Salle de bains (pl. 72-73), Galerie (pl. 74), Salle à manger (pl. 75-76), Petits mobiliers (pl. 77-80). Notre exemplaire est complet de toutes ses planches et en très bon état.‎

‎Le Style Empire : L'Hôtel Beauharnais à Paris. Notice par Edouard Driault‎

‎Paris Albert Morancé collection sans date d'édition. in folio. Sans date. en feuilles sous portefeuille. 100 pl. + 6 pl. et plaquette in-folio de 18 pp. sous portefeuille (portfolio un peu frotté). Complet des 80 planches. En sus : 6 planches Style Empire ajoutées Etat correct interieur tres propre petit accroc au cartonnage‎

‎Le Style Empire : L'Hôtel Beauharnais à Paris. Notice par Edouard Driault.‎

‎ Paris, Albert Morancé, s.d. In-folio en ff. libres, 100 pl. + 6 pl., et plaquette in-folio de 18 pp., sous portefeuille (portfolio un peu frotté). ‎

‎Complet des 80 planches. En sus : 6 planches Style Empire ajoutées. * Voir photographies / See pictures. * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve. ‎