Based on Le mobilier aux épis du Petit Trianon - Lot 134

Based on Le mobilier aux épis du Petit Trianon for Queen Marie-Antoinette Foot stool with carved motif of rattan trellis, ivy garland and pine cones. Wood painted in shades of green, blue and yellow. Model by Georges JACOB Louis XVI-style decorator's work 46 x 36 x 24 cm At the Trianon, Marie Antoinette designed her interiors as an ode to nature. She wanted a new bedroom to reflect the pastoral charm of her estate. The furniture was commissioned from Georges Jacob. Some of the backrests are openwork, in the shape of lyres or ears of wheat. For the Petit Trianon, he designed a set of chairs and armchairs in carved and painted wood, dotted with garlands of lily of the valley, ivy, jasmine, ears of wheat and pine cones, at the base of the legs and at the top of the backrest, symbols of the return to nature to which she aspires. Even today, it is covered in its original fabric. Disregarding gilding, the painting was commissioned "au naturel" from the painter Chaillot de Prusse. The sculpture is by Rode (the bed, now missing, was sculpted by Triquet).