Louis XIV did not sleep here

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Apollo. 1989, Num. 326, Vol. 129, p. 230-231, 1 ill.

ISSN

0003-6536

Abstract (en)

Warns about the dangers of museums accepting donations of money and/or objects from their trustees. Focuses on the potential for compromising scholarly values and discusses as an example the Louis XIV State Bedroom opened in 1988 at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Calls the period room "a shockingly expensive pastiche financed by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman."

Subject (en)

• General works -- Museums and museology
• Museology
• 1900-2000
• Influence
• Patronage
• Trustees
• Period rooms
• Interior decoration
• Louis XIV (style)
• France
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• United States

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Musées et muséologie
• Muséologie
• 1900-2000
• Influence
• Mécénat
• Trustees
• Salle d'époque
• Décoration intérieure
• Louis XIV (style)
• France
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Etats-Unis

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00452128

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