Austria-00221 - Vieux-Laque Room by archer10 (Dennis)

PLEASE, no multi invitations or self promotion in your comments, THEY WILL BE DELETED. My photos are FREE for anyone to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks - NONE OF MY PICTURES ARE HDR. The Vieux-Laque Room was used by Emperor Franz Stephan as his study. Following his death in 1765, Maria Theresa had the Vieux-Laque Room remodelled as a memorial room. Black lacquer panels from Peking are set into walnut panelling and embellished with gilt frames. The empress commissioned several portraits for this room which still hang here. The posthumous portrait of her husband by Pompeo Batoni was completed in 1769, four years after the death of the emperor.