At the Gobelins Gallery in Paris, France’s National Furniture Depository has recreated the interiors of three imperial palaces that have vanished to celebrate Napoleon’s ambitions for the decorative arts.
Jacob-Desmalter (1770–1841), after a design by Percier and Fontaine, Emperor Napoleon I’s throne at the palais des Tuileries, 1804, Mobilier national
© Thibaut Chapotot
Like the words of a lost language, furniture, objects, silks and tapestries reflect the spirit of a time and the memory of its codes and customs. Luckily, the decors and ornamental items from the Tuileries Palace, the Château of Saint-Cloud and the Château of Meudon did not go up in flames with those buildings when they were burned down during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. A chronological and topographical exhibition of about 350 items—mostly…
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