Hôtel de Soubise

building, Paris, France

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Rococo style salons

  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard: The Swing
    In Rococo

    …salons (begun 1732) of the Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, by Germain Boffrand. The Rococo style was also manifested in the decorative arts. Its asymmetrical forms and rocaille ornament were quickly adapted to silver and porcelain, and French furniture of the period also displayed curving forms, naturalistic shell and floral ornament,…

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