Neoclassical beds to dream the afternoon away in. Made by French decorator Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. Living from 1752-1853 he decorated houses from Marseilles to the Dutch border and from Alsace-Lorraine to the sea. Worked with Charles Percier, about whom I did an earlier post.

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Canopy bed. Early 19th c.
Canopy bed. Early 19th c. Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, designers. Benjamin Gotthold, watercolorist. In the public domain in France and the United States because the artists died over 70 years ago. via https://trouvais.com/2009/08/20/fontainebleau-etc/percier-fontaine-les-arts-decoratifs-paris/
Folio 4 of an album of 26 drawings. ca. 1798-1804.
Folio 4 of an album of 26 drawings. ca. 1798-1804. In the style of Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. Collection of Harvard University. In the public domain in the United States because the artists have been dead over 70 years. via https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/296996
Folio 6 of an album of 26 drawings. ca. 1798-1804.
Folio 6 of an album of 26 drawings. ca. 1798-1804. In the style of Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. Collection of Harvard University. In the public domain in the United States because the makers have been dead over 70 years. via https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/296996

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