Noblesse oblige! Life at a Château in the 18th Century

Noblesse oblige!

Built overlooking Lake Geneva in the early Enlightenment, Château de Prangins enjoyed an eventful history, which included serving as a residence for Voltaire and Joseph Bonaparte, before becoming home to the Swiss National Museum in French-speaking Switzerland. The recreation of the period décor of the château’s reception rooms, based on the journal and inventory of the assets of Louis-François Guiguer (1741–1786), enables visitors to immerse themselves in the lifestyle of a noble gentleman and his family on the eve of the French Revolution. Combining cultural history, the decorative arts and private writings, this book also reveals the extensive eighteenth-century collections of the Swiss National Museum.

2013, 135 pages, illus., in english

26 x 19 cm, paperback

ISBN: 978-3-905875-90-4

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