Goût Rothschild

As " Le goût Rothschild ," "The Rothschild taste," refers mainly in France one to develop in the 19th century, beginning opulent and glamorous interior design and lifestyle, which, motivated by the same bankers Dynasty, the Rothschild family been.

Features

The decorative elements of the device " goût Rothschild ," characterized by the use of the finest materials of material such as velvet, silk, damask or brocade. There are also plenty of gold leaf, lush stucco and wood finishes, which are processed into true masterpieces of paneling and parquet floor art. When it comes to furniture and other home furnishings the " goût Rothschild " is based mainly on the rulers years of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV. and Louis XVI. The Rothschilds bought the most of these epochs, which at that time was to have on the market. And not so long after the French Revolution, some of the best pieces were ever on the market. Today there still remain a number of mainly French antiques with royal provenance in the villas and palaces of the Rothschilds, so among other things, also from the Palace of Versailles. In the architecture was the interest of the Rothschilds especially the Renaissance.

It is thanks to the English branch of the Rothschild dynasty that today a castle in the style of the Loire castles in England stands with " Waddesdon Manor ". Not infrequently bought the Rothschilds also original architectural elements of castles and palaces to incorporate them back into their own villas and castles. Great examples of this are the Mentmore Towers Castle in England, the Ferrieres Palace and the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint -Jean- Cap- Ferrat, which was built for Béatrice de Rothschild.

Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé were very impressed by the " Blue Saloon " of the castle Ferrieres. The "Blue Salon" applied to them as a model for the establishment of their own properties.

Dissemination

The " goût Rothschild " was influential until the 1920s, and in a more reduced form until the mid 20th century. He was the preferred means to wealth -down style of the new elites in Europe and the United States. Thus, the -down in the 19th century to immense prosperity American families Vanderbilt, Astor and others have oriented the " goût Rothschild ". They also bought all the facilities including floors, wall paneling and plaster ceilings of European castles and palaces, and let this build into their residences in New York and Newport, including The Breakers, Marble House and Rosecliff. The Residences Marble House and Rosecliff were filmed for the film The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. In the house of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney on Fifth Avenue No. 871, the architect Stanford White had built a 20-meter ballroom of a French chateau, which had once belonged to a courtier of Louis XIV. The entrance hall was decorated with a huge fireplace, which came from a French chateau. Besides hanging tapestries with royal provenance, bearing the monograms of Henri II and Diane de Poitiers.

The former Paris-based company for interior design, Maison Jansen, the interior style of the " goût Rothschild ," came close, but in less opulent design. Among the customers of Maison Jansen included, inter alia, the administration of John F. Kennedy, for which they have re-decorated the White House and the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor, whose house had set up the company in Paris.

In Europe, found the " goût Rothschild ," especially in France and the UK distribution.