First Wednesday Art Talk: The Salon Doré
1400 5th Ave
San Rafael
This art talk will showcase a period room at the Legion of Honor, the Salon Doré, originally constructed in 1781 at the Hôtel de La Trémoille in Paris during the reign of Louis XVI. It was later installed as a ballroom in a California home, then donated and reconstructed at the Legion of Honor in 1959. Twenty-first century visitors can get both a visceral and intellectual sense of how social life was conducted in an aristocratic environment during the eighteenth century. The salon de compagnie was designed to receive guests and invite conversation; it was meant for music and games and its elaborate rituals are embedded in everything from the arrangement of chairs to the quality of the lighting. Said to be one of the four finest French period rooms in an American museum, the Salon Doré is distinguished by having all the appropriate furnishings as well as lighting that creates the impression and atmosphere of candlelight.
FAMSF Docent: Marsha Holm
First Wednesday Art Talks are provided by the Friends of the San Rafael Library
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