Original hand tinted engraving from the French book of furniture designs, Le Garde-Meuble. Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, 1839-1935. Engraving from the collection de Sieges. Canape d'angle, by D. Guilmard and published by D. Guilmard, Paris, France in the 1800's. Approximately 13 5/8 inches by 10 3/8 inches. Good vintage condition with age related wear. Edges are rough and torn. Holes on the left side where it was bound in book. Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne (Furniture repository, ancient and modern), published in Paris, exerted an enormous influence throughout the world by promoting French styles in furniture, fabrics, and interior decoration for a nearly a century, beginning in 1839 during the reign of Louis Philippe and ceasing in the waning years of the Third Republic around 1935. Created by furniture designer and publisher Desire Guilmard, it consisted entirely of illustrations of designs for furniture, window treatments and room settings. Its title, Le Garde-meuble, refers back to 1663 when Louis XIV established an office by this name within the royal household to provide for the care of the furnishings in the royal residences. Guilmard added the subtitle, ancien et moderne, to indicate that the periodical would feature both historic revival styles (such as Louis XIV, Louis XV, Gothic, and Renaissance) and current ones (notably the "moderne" styles) that incorporated new technological innovations and better accommodated the life styles of the nineteenth century.