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musée des Arts décoratifs
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Parody of Count of Chambord's autopsy<br/> © madd Bordeaux - L. Gauthier

object n°26

Parody of Count of Chambord's autopsy

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.10640

After nine years of hesitation between the restoration of the monarchy and the adoption of a republican constitution, the Third Republic triumphed in 1879 with the election of President Jules Grévy. The Count of Chambord, heir to the French throne, became the target of very virulent criticism...

object n°26 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object N°53

Cabaret and its box, Terres de Bordes factory, Bordeaux, 1787-1790

Gift of the Friends of the madd-bordeaux - Inv. 2020.18.1 to 2020.18.11

object n°52

The Greek Festivities

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux - Inv. 82.3.1

object n°51

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Louis XV on horseback, 1766

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv. 7110

object n°50

L'Africaine and Le Gemmeur landais

Fixed under glass: glass, oil paint, gold and palladium leaf - Gift of Mr Daniel Thierry - Inv. 2018.1.1

object n°49

Set of the "Mary Stuart Quadrille"

after Eugène Lami (1800 - 1890), 1829 - Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv.58.1.2270

object n°48

48 - Opus shelves by Martin Szekely, 2016

Don du designer au madd-bordeaux en 2018 - Inv. 2018.15.1

object n°47

Deposit of the Musée national de céramique, Sèvres, 1978 - Inv D 2008.0.81 to 109

object n°46

A mysterious painting

Purchase by City of Bordeaux, 1971, inv. 71.4.1

object n°45

Square piano by Pierre Garnier

Gift of the Association des Amis des Musées de Bordeaux, 1996 - Inv 96.2.15

object n°44

Portrait of Jeanne de Parouty, by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Gift of M. Olivier Droin, 2017 - Inv 2017.1.1

object n°43

French court sword

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv 9988

object n°42

Lamp W&O, Sacha Ketoff

Gift of the Kreo Gallery, 2014 - Inv 2014.10.11

object n°41

Diamond armchair, Harry Bertoia

Deposit of the CHU of Bordeaux, 2009 - Inv D 2009.6.4

object n°40

Covered Terrine, Paul Hannong

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv 46 33

object n°39

Sputnik decanter, Vincent Poujardieu

Gift of the Bordeaux Friends of Vincent Poujardieu, 2011 - Inv 2011.2.2

object n°38

Portfolio of Mr. d'André-François Le Berthon

Purchase by the City of Bordeaux with the help of the Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1986 - Inv 86.3.10

object n°37

Woodwork of the Gascq salon

Deposited in 1924 in the museum

object n°36

Premium decanter by Elisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti for Ricard

Gift of Arc en rêve - architecture centre, 2001 - Inv 2001.6.1