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Article: The Palais Beauharnais, Paris.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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The interior of the Palais Beauharnais, the residence of the German ambassador to France, is considered a unique art historical and cultural ensemble. (1) There are indeed very few interiors of such quality from the Empire period left in Paris today. Since the destruction of the Palais des Tuileries and the Chateau de Saint-Cloud, the Palais Beauharnais retains the most significant interior from the period of Napoleon's consulate, predating slightly the heavier imperial conceptions one can still see at Compiegne and Fontainebleau. However, an inventory conducted in 2002 by the Centre allemande d'histoire de l'art--Deutsches Forum fur Kunstgeschichte in Paris showed that ...