FRANÇOIS-ETIENNE VILLERET (FRENCH CIRCA 1800 - 1866)COLLECTOR'S CABINET ROOM INTERIORWatercolour with pen and inkSigned and dated 1849 (lower left)25.5 x 32.5cm (10 x 12¾ in.)EXHIBITEDHazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, Interiors, 1981, no. 70. In the mid nineteenth century, François-Etienne Villeret painted a number of exquisitely decorated Parisian interiors including the Lobau Palace and Princess Wittgenstein's residence in the Place Vendôme. While the present interior is yet to be identified, the overall design scheme is largely in the Louis XIV and Rococo styles typical of the eclectic taste of French interior decoration of the period. The extensive use of vine-patterned textiles to cover the walls and ceilings is a technique popularized by Empress Josephine, who hired architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Leonard Fontaine to redecorate Malmaison. Decades later, tented ceilings continued to recall Napoleon's campaign tents, while mirroring contemporary interest in the Classical decadence of the ancient Romans and the exotic allure of the Middle East.材质_1: Watercolour with pen and ink