“…The bed of Marie-Madeleine Guimard, the renowned 18th-century ballet dancer, which was offered by the London and Paris based Pelham Galleries for $1.6 million. Designed in gilded neoclassical splendor by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, the bed was reportedly made for the house Guimard commissioned from Ledoux in 1770 in the form of a Roman temple. The bed’s elaborately carved frame not only depicts the muse of dance Terpsichore, but also Cupid, an allusion to Guimard’s reputation as a famous courtesan.” — Antiques Magazine
“…The bed of Marie-Madeleine Guimard, the renowned 18th-century ballet dancer, which was offered by the London and Paris based Pelham Galleries for $1.6 million. Designed in gilded neoclassical splendor by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, the bed was reportedly made for the house Guimard commissioned from Ledoux in 1770 in the form of a Roman temple. The bed’s elaborately carved frame not only depicts the muse of dance Terpsichore, but also Cupid, an allusion to Guimard’s reputation as a famous courtesan.” — Antiques Magazine
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