ID: 700001283 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001283	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Galerie des glaces (hall (interior space); Jules Hardouin-Mansart; begun in 1678)

Note: Principal room of Louis XIV's third building campaign of the Palace of Versailles (1678–1684), featuring 17 mirrored arches across from 17 arcaded windows that overlook the gardens.

Titles:

Galerie des glaces (preferred,C,U,French-P,U,U,English-P,L,U)

Hall of Mirrors (C,U,English,U,U)

Grande Galerie (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

hall (interior room) [300004420] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, interior spaces (spaces by location))

room (interior space) [300004044]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, interior spaces (spaces by location))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: begun in 1678

Creator Display:

Jules Hardouin-Mansart [preferred,VP]

architect Mansart, Jules Hardouin (French architect and garden designer, 1646-1708) [500029668]

Locations:

Versailles [7008070] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: glass, wood, plaster

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	mirrors [300037682]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	plaster (composite coating) [300014922]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

interior architecture (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

............... Versailles Complex

.................... Château de Versailles

Sources and Contributors:
Galerie des glaces	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Hall of Mirrors	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Grande Galerie	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)