Drawing-room fireplace (Ph. Inv. A. Franchella © 1995)

With its dimensions, lighting and decor, the drawing-room stands as the key room of the house. The white marble mantelpiece is sculpted with vegetable motifs, deprived of any stylization, among which sunflowers prevail, an allegory of light already represented outside. The central niche of the structured wooden overmantle displays an alabaster bust representing madame Lumière,.standing out against a golden background.