Palace and Park of Fontainebleau Gallery

Various patterns of the Renaissance, chromolithograph, published in 1897

Various patterns of the Renaissance: 1) Ceiling in the Ducal palace, Mantua, Italy; 2, 3, 6, 13) Frescos from the Vatican loggias; 4, 7, 10, 13) From the mass-book Pope Leo X; 5) Ceiling in the San Maurizio, Milan, Italy; 8) Initial M; 9) Ornament of a picture frame; 11) Ceiling in the Palazzo Doria; Genoa, Italy; 12) Venetian enamel; 14) Wood mosaic from Santa Maria in Organo, Verona, Italy (1499); 15) Ornament of an Italian leather bowl (16th century); 16) Initial P (mass-book); 17) Inlay (French, 16th century); 18) Italian book ornament; 19) Initial D (mass-book) with the five bullets of the Medici coat of arms; 20) Four quarters of Italian majolica tiles; 21) French miniature art; 22) from the prayer book of French Queen Anne of Brittany; 23) Stone ornament from ChA?teau de ChA?teaudun, France; 24) French manuscript (rand strip ornament); 25) Pilaster ornament from the Palace of Fontainebleau; 26) Stone ornaemt from the ChA?teau de Blois (1530); 27) Glazed stove tiles (German, 17th century); 28) Enameled silver plate (German, 16th century); 29) From a manuscript of Hans SchA?ufelin (1538); 30) Goblet design in enamel and gold by M. Hauch (Augsburg, Germany, 1571); 31) Glazed oven ornament by Augustin Hirschvogel (Nuremberg, Germany, 16th century); 32) Glazed clay jug (German, 1590); 33) From a German prayer book (1520). Chromolithograph, published in 1897

Plaster ornaments, France, 17th and 18th centuries, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Plaster ornaments, France, 17th and 18th centuries, (1898). Fig 1: Panel decorations at door and window niches in the throne room of the Castle at Fontainebleau, style of Louis XIV [c1643-1715]. Fig 2: Projecting plane pattern in the panels of door and window niches in the queen's bed-chamber in the same Castle, style of Louis XIV. Fig 3: Wood carving from a wainscot in the Chateau de Bercy, style of Louis XIV. Fig 4: Capital of a mirror in the state-room of the Hotel de Lauzun at Paris, style of Louis XIV. Fig 5: Capital designed by the German Master Paul Decker, style of Louis XIV. Fig 6: Capital in the Salle des Medallions of the Palace of Versailles, style of Louis XV [c1715-1774]. Fig 7: Corner of a mirror frame in the queen's bed chamber at Versailles, style of Louis XV). Fig 8: Piece of architecture in the style of Louis XV. (After A. Rosis, 1753). Plate 82 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Marriage of Prince Jerome Bonaparte and Princess Frederica Catherine of Würtemberg

Marriage of Prince Jerome Bonaparte and Princess Frederica Catherine of Wurtemberg, 22 August 1807, (1896). The marriage of Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte (1784-1860), the youngest brother of Napoleon I, and Princess Catharina Frederica of Wurttemberg (1783-1835) at the Royal Palace at Fontainebleau, France. Engraving after the painting made in 1810, titled Napoleon signe le contrat du mariage de Jerome Bonaparte avec Catherine de Wurtemberg, 22 aout 1807, (Napoleon signs the marriage contract of Jerome Bonaparte and Catherine de Wurtemberg, 22 August 1807), by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III, by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]