The wall light consoles and the oak work table are richly carved in the rocaille style. The royal cartouche stands next to garlands of flowers, gadroons, ribboned rushes, lion’s heads… After resuming the assemblages, which had been weakened by time, our sculptor endeavoured to restore the numerous gaps in the decoration in order to restore the legibility of these compositions of remarkable quality.
As for the medals show cases, it house about a hundred flat drawers veneered with amaranth wood, each of which has been carefully revised and stabilised.
Discover this magnificent ensemble in the report produced by the channel France 5 entitled: “The treasures of the National Library of France”.
