2024-12-20T05:16:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/98041183/one-of-the-finest-examples-of-french-neoclassical-interior-architecture-in-the-united-states Nam Henderson 2014-04-14T18:17:00-04:00 >2014-04-14T19:28:44-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o6/o61xqeecnq5ccltf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Neo-Classicism as a style made its real debut in the 1760s after several stillbirths...By the late 1770s, neo-Classicism had evolved into the graceful iteration we see in the Salon, and with its references to the classical world acquired a new and somewhat unanticipated meaning in the bargain:</p></em><br /><br /><p>David Netto examined what the restoration&nbsp;of a storied French neo-Classical salon reveals about polite society and high design. Spearheaded by curator&nbsp;Martin Chapman&nbsp;with&nbsp;help from Andrew Skurman Architects, the&nbsp;Louis XVI period room has been reinstalled.</p><p>For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/legion/collections/european-decorative-art-sculpture/salon-dore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Legion of Honor -&nbsp;</a><a href="https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/about/about-fine-arts-museums-san-francisco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco</a>.</p>