Decorative Games: Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work of Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)

287 Pages·2011·244.21 MB·English

by  Jean-François Bédard

Decorative Games
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Decorative Games
Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work
of Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672–1742)
Jean-François Bédard
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Contents
List of Illustrations 9
Acknowledgments 11
Abbreviations 13
Introduction 17
Notes on the Facsimile 39
Facsimile of Oppenord’s Ornamented Copy of the
Ripa-Baudoin Iconologie 41
Facsimile Key 260
Appendix I: List of Oppenord’s Principal Projects
and Buildings 270
Appendix II: Transcription of the “Etat et description
de l’Hôtel de Cambray” (1749) 277
Appendix III: Bibliographic Description of
Ripa-Baudouin’s Iconologie(Paris, 1636) 280
Selected Bibliography 282
Index 285
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Illustrations
Fig. 1. Gilles-Marie Oppenord (Paris panel, Hôtel des États du Languedoc, Paris.
1672–Paris 1742). Three designs for cartouches 1713–19. The Cooper-Hewitt, National
and one for a cynegetic trophy; folio 46 recto Design Museum, 1911–28–231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
of an ornamented copy of the first French
edition of Cesare Ripa’s Iconologiaby Jean Fig. 5. Reconstructed plan of the second floor,
Baudoin, illustrated by Jacques de Bié (1636). Hôtel des États du Languedoc, Paris.After
After 1713. Collection Centre Canadien Philippe Vasserot and J. H. Bellanger, map-
d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Archi- makers. Plan of the Banque de France.1809.
tecture, Montreal, DR1991:0007:046 r. . . . . . . . . 20 Archives nationales de France, F3111/105.
Key: 1. Terrace; 2. Great Court; 3. Dining
Fig. 2. Gabriel Huquier (Orléans 1695–Paris Room; 4. Antechamber; 5. Small Room;
1772), printmaker; after Gilles-Marie Oppenord 6. Landing; 7. Great Antechamber; 8. Salon;
(Paris 1672–Paris 1742), architect and draftsman. 9. Room; 10. Chamber; 11. Gallery;
Three designs for cartouches; plate E6 of the 12. Garden; 13. Antechamber; 14. Ante-
“Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches ...” chamber; 15. Room; 16. Chamber; 17. Closet;
of the Premier [-onzième] Livre de différents 18. Closet; 19. Restroom; 20. Boudoir;
morceaux à l’usage de tous ceux qui s’appliquent 21. Service Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
aux beaux arts (Moyen Oppenord).Etching and
engraving. 314 ×228 mm. Collection Centre Fig. 6. Elevation of wood paneling from the
Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Hôtel des États du Languedoc as installed
Architecture, Montreal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 in the dining room, Hôtel de la Trémoïlle,
Paris.Figures 108–9 of Fiske Kimball, The
Fig. 3. Jacques Rigaud (ca 1681–1754), print- Creation of the Rococo(Philadelphia:
maker. View towards the northeast, Place des Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943). . . . . . . . . . .26
Victoires, Paris.Early eighteenth century.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département Fig. 7. Gilles-Marie Oppenord (Paris,
des estampes et de la photographie,Va. 230e. . . . 23 1672–Paris, 1742), architect and draftsman.
Unfolded partial elevation for paneling of
Fig. 4. Gilles-Marie Oppenord (Paris, 1672– the salon, Château de la Grange-du-Milieu,
Paris, 1742), architect and draftsman. Two Yerres.After 1721. ©Department of Prints
half elevations for mantels surmounted by and Drawings, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm,
mirrors and an elevation for a decorative THC 5112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
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