L'historien accompagne le lecteur dans l'intimité de cette demeure typique de l'art de vivre de la noblesse française au XVIIIe siècle, située à Condécourt dans le Val d'Oise, classée monument historique en 1942 et aujourd'hui propriété privée. Une série de photographies en dévoile l'héritage artistique et artisanal, mis en valeur grâce au décor réalisé par l'architecte Jacques Garcia. ©Electre 2024
Château de Villette
Situated in a lush woodland near Paris, Château de Villette has stood virtually unchanged since it was built in the late seventeenth century according to plans by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, chief architect to Louis XIV. Among the many owners the estate has known from the thirteenth century to the present day, those who made the chateau their home in the eighteenth century, at the height of the Enlightenment, have left the most enduring and significant mark on it. Here the Marquis de Condorcet and his wife Sophie de Grouchy, both distinguished intellects, gathered around them some of the most brilliant figures of their time, including the Marquis de La Fayette, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Listed as a historic monument in 1942, Château de Villette now hosts receptions and symposiums, and serves as a location for films and television series. The superb château and its gardens reveal a legacy now painstakingly conserved and restored - guided by meticulous archival research - by the present owners with the renowned interior decorator Jacques Garcia.
Taking Sophie de Grouchy as his muse, the historian Guillaume Picon recounts the intellectual and cultural life of this historic estate over nearly eight centuries, illustrated by a wealth of sumptuous and specially commissioned photographs by Bruno Ehrs.
Paru le : 11/04/2018
Thématique : Décoration intérieure et techniques de décoration
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Guillaume Picon Auteur (photographe) : Bruno Ehrs
Éditeur(s) :
Flammarion
Collection(s) : Interiors-decorative arts
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Barbara Mellor
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-08-020358-8
EAN13 : 9782080203588
Reliure : Relié sous jaquette
Pages : 243
Hauteur: 32.0 cm / Largeur 25.0 cm
Épaisseur: 3.0 cm
Poids: 1994 g
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