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The architectural painter and lithographer Samuel Rayner, who painted this example, specialised in such scenes.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>This room is decorated and furnished in the style set by the court of the Emperor Napoleon III in the 1840s.This style dominated luxury decoration and furnishing in Europe and America in the 1850s and remained popular until the end of the 19th century. The air of rich comfort and relative informality, however, is entirely mid-19th century and can be found in other living rooms of the period. 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The curtains and carpet added the rich colours that were essential to the French style, while the furniture was decorated with marbles, porcelain and gilding.\r\n\r\nWatercolour on paper\r\n\r\nPainted by Samuel A. Rayner (born in Colnbrook, near London 1806, died in Windsor Berkshire, 1879)\r\n\r\nBequeathed by H.H. Harrod\r\nMuseum no. E.1167-1948\r\n","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["E.1167-1948"],"accessionNumberNum":"1167","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1948,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR2377","2019LP3917","2019LV5880"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"1999-12-15","availableToBook":false}}