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Les Fêtes grecques - Manufacture Joseph Dufour, Xavier Mader (1789 - 1830), after Louis Lafitte (1770 - 1828) Paris, 1824<br/> © madd-bordeaux

object n°52

The Greek Festivities

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux - Inv. 82.3.1

Collected in a house in Quinsac in 1982, Les Fêtes grecques were reassembled in the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design in Bordeaux. The original succession of the different strips was not always respected, in order to adapt the wallpaper to its new environment. As part of its redevelopment, the museum now wishes to undertake the restoration of this unique collection, in order to restore its coherence and freshness...

object n°52 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object n°16

Gift of the Viscount of Pelleport-Burète, 1927 - Inv 1085

object n°15

Gift of Eulalie Gouzenne, 1959 - Inv 59.7.3

object n°14

Beautiran Canvas

Gift of the Association of Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1991 - Inv 91.2.6

object n°13

The little secret cabinet by Alphonse Giroux

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1975 - Inv 75.3.10

object n°12

Album of drawings from the library of the Duchess of Berry at Rosny Castle

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.11 350

object n°11

Wine fountain, Bacchus child sitting on a barrel

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1959 - Inv 59.3.1

object n°10

"Thinking Man's chair"

Fnac deposit, 2009 - Inv D 2009.3.6

object n°09

Statuettes of CAB

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1986 - Inv 86.3.1 & 86.3.2

object n°08

Paintings of Jules Vieillard and his wife

Gift of Viscount and Viscountess Alain de Baritault du Carpia, 2012 - Inv 2012.5.1 & 2012.5.2

object n°07

Gourd of Nevers

XVIIth century

object n°06

The Montesquieu bust

1767

object n°05

XVIIe siècle

object n°04

Pair of urns decorated with seditious images

Legs d'André Lataillade, 1969 - Inv 69.3.198 & 69.3.199

object n°03

Ornelental vase, Manufacture Jules vieillard & Cie, Bordeaux

Late 19th century

object n°02

One_chair by Konstantin Grcic

2004

object n°01

Chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens

CAPC depot