Two Historical Brocatelles | How Textiles Archives Helps to reconstruct the Making of Luxury

'Two Historical Brocatelles: How Textiles Archives Helps to reconstruct the Making of Luxury'. By Carole Damour, Manager of Heritage conservation Department and Archives at Tassinari & Chatel (Silk manufacture in Lyon). Two new weavings of Brocatelle for the bedchamber of Mme de Ville d'Avray at the Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde, Paris and for the boudoir of Impress Eugénie at the Hôtel de Bourvallais, Seat of Ministry of Justice since 1718, Place Vendôme, Paris. http://www.justice.gouv.fr/histoire-et-patrimoine-10050/lhotel-de-bourvallais-13-place-vendome-22419.html The Hôtel de la Marine is an iconic monument on Place de la Concorde and a fine architectural ensemble that Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the king’s chief architect, made in the 18th century. Until 1798, it housed the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, before becoming the headquarters of France’s navy ministry for over 200 years. Discover this unique monument and its refurbished 18th-century apartments in the heart of Paris. https://www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris/en