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The opulence created at Waddesdon Manor represents what was in vogue for the
age in European and New York society in America.
By creating the triptych in preference to a single painting, it helps to extend the
visual experience therefore assimilating an installation.
The surrounding mirror compositions reinforce the sense of opulence of the Dining
Room. The mirror frames were part of the Paris home of Duc de Villars, and were
designed in 1732-3 by Nicolas Pineau, one of the most influential designers of
French Rococo style. The centre painting focuses on the central axis of the dining
table thereby utilising spatial perspective and compositionally emphasized by the
foreground cut-off, which, in so doing, helps to create a sense of immediacy and
connectivity. Further; the view through to the outer lobby accentuates the scale of
the Dining Room. The elaborate table setting is laid as it would have been for a
house party in the 1890’s, this is based on a photograph in Baron Ferdinand’s Red
Book – a collection of photographs recording Waddesdon Manor. For the table set-
ting roses and malmaison carnations were often used on the table, arranged along
th
the length of the table to resemble a form of a hedge. The convention in the late 19
century was only to talk up and down the table not across it.

139398 139399 139400 The Dining Room-Triptych
2@ 48 1/8 x161/8 inches
centre 481/8 x321/8 inches
Oil on canvas
Waddesdon Manor Buckinghanshire.