The World of Interiors

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clockwise from
top left: the reverse
of the 3D model
shows a cut-out and
covered opening
describing the
door between the
emperor’s chamber
and the corridor
to his wife’s; all of
the walls were due
to be decorated
with Pompeian
motifs painted on
eau-de-Nil panels;
a pair of glasses and
some paperclips
lend a sense of scale
to Ternisien’s
exquisite model;
the drawing shown
here depicts the
two train windows
on the unseen front
wall of the model;
the sleigh bed is
made of cardboard
embellished with
gold details.
Opposite: one of
Ternisien’s scaled-
up alternative
gouache designs
for the carriage’s
carpet is shown
in contrast with
his final choice