Luxury After the Terror

239 Pages·2022·33.27 MB·English

by  Iris Moon

Iris Moon
L U X U R Y
A F T E R T H E
T E R R O R
Luxury After the Terror

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Names: Moon, Iris, author.
Title: Luxury after the terror / Iris Moon.
Description: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania
State University Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Summary: “Explores the production, circulation, and survival
of French luxury after the death of Louis XVI by focus-
ing on makers of decorative art objects who had strong
ties to the monarchy and how they navigated the French
Revolution”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021048003 | ISBN 9780271091617 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Decorative arts—France—History—18th cen-
tury. | Luxury goods industry—France—History—18th
century. | France—History—Revolution, 1789–1799—Art
and the revolution. | France—History—Revolution,
1789–1799—Influence.
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List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
introduction 1
1 Death and Dispersal: The 1793–94 Revolutionary
Auctions at Versailles 17
Contents
2 Henry Auguste:
Precious Metals in the Age of Terror 41
3 Jean- Démosthène Dugourc:
Political Fantasies of the Arabesque 71
4 Aubert- Henri- Joseph Parent:
Carving in Exile 107
5 Alexandre Brongniart: Fragile Terrains 135
Coda 171
Notes 175
Bibliography 187
Index 201

Color Plates (following page 112)
1. Jacques Gondoin and François- Toussaint Foliot
armchair
2. Louis- Léopold Boilly, assumed portrait of
Maximilien Robespierre
3. Jean- Jacques- François Le Barbier, Beauvais
Manufactory, America from The Four Continents
tapestry set
4. Tapestry woven from needlepoint fragments by
Marie- Antoinette and Madame Élisabeth, 1791–93
5. Henry Auguste, “Beckford- Béhague” ewer, 1790
6. François Gérard, Family of the Goldsmith Henri
Auguste Joined Together Around a Table, 1798
7. Robert Jacques François Lefèvre, Jean- Baptiste-
Claude Odiot, 1822
8. Henry Auguste (attributed), heart reliquary of
Madeleine- Julie Coustou, ca. 1797
9. Henry Auguste, casket with figure of Morpheus,
Illustrations
ca. 1793–98
10. Jean- Démosthène Dugourc and Urbain Jaume,
advertisement for Nouvelles Cartes de la République
Française, 1793–94
11. Jean- Démosthène Dugourc, embroidery design for
a pocket and vest, 1780s
12. Jean- Démosthène Dugourc (design), wallpaper
from the Hôtel Vaupalière, ca. 1790
13. Jean- Démosthène Dugourc and Urbain Jaume,
“Egalité de Couleurs” card, 1793
14. Camille Pernon, Verdures de Vatican silk panel,
ca. 1799
15. Jean- Démosthène Dugourc, design for a decorative
panel, 1787 and 1808
16. Aubert- Henri- Joseph Parent, carving of Louis XVI,
ca. 1795
17. Aubert- Henri- Joseph Parent, Allégorie de l’amour
de Louis XVI pour ses sujets, 1777
18. Aubert- Henri- Joseph Parent, drawing of a vase on
a classical pedestal, ca. 1784
19. Aubert- Henri- Joseph Parent, floral still- life relief,
1784
20. Sèvres Manufactory, Louis XVI dinner service,
1783–93
21. Sèvres Manufactory, déjeuner (tea set), June–July
1794
22. Sèvres Manufactory, sundial, 1794–95
23. François Louis Swebach- Desfontaines, plate from
Histoire naturelle, 1789