Distribution and Ceremonial: The Configuration of Rooms: The Enfilade

Distribution and Ceremonial: The Configuration of Rooms: The Enfilade.

Munich Palace, Imperial Rooms 1612–1616.

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In the 17th century, the enfilade was an important interior-architectural principle. This contemporary example from Munich demonstrates how one should imagine the configuration of the rooms in the Hôtel de Rambouillet.

Undated colour photograph without a title, photographer unknown, in: Langer, Brigitte (ed.): Pracht und Zeremoniell: Die Möbel der Residenz München, Munich 2002; source: Bayerische Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen.