Mrs. James Ward Thorne (Designer). E-22 French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century. 1932–1937. United States. Miniature room, mixed media This bedroom of a country house in Normandy represents the provincial interpretation of the style of Louis XV, wrote Mrs. Thorne. She intended this interior to show the way in which a growing middle class outside of Paris adapted some of the innovations in comfort and style characteristic of Louis XV’s reign for their relatively modest homes. A striving for beauty is demonstrated in the richly carved armoire against the left wall and in t
Mrs. James Ward Thorne (Designer). E-22 French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century. 1932–1937. United States. Miniature room, mixed media This bedroom of a country house in Normandy represents the provincial interpretation of the style of Louis XV, wrote Mrs. Thorne. She intended this interior to show the way in which a growing middle class outside of Paris adapted some of the innovations in comfort and style characteristic of Louis XV’s reign for their relatively modest homes. A striving for beauty is demonstrated in the richly carved armoire against the left wall and in the sprigged wallpaper supplementing the paneling of the back wall.
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