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Living with antiques: French furnishings in a New York City apartment.(Louis XIV, XV and XVI)
Many people would be daunted by the idea of living on a daily basis with outstanding examples of French eighteenth-century fine and decorative arts, but not the collectors whose New York City apartment is the subject of this article. Over the course of two decades they have been cultivating the fine art of living comfortably in the twenty-first century with objects from the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI. Housed in a luxurious and spacious twelve-room apartment of Fifth Avenue, part of the legendary fifty-four-room triplex designed for Mrs. Edward Francis Hutton (nee Marjorie Merriweather Post; 1887-1973), the collection is as inviting to the visitor as it is to its ...
- Louis XVI
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...leadership. power. weakness. France Louis XVI September 13, 1791 Louis XVI, grandson of Louis XV, took oath as the Constitutional monarch...Credit: ARCHIVE PHOTOS. Object Name: Louis XVI King C203/20 King. French. France...
- Power Outage.(political fallacies of Charles I, Louis XVI, and Nicholas II)
- Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder May 1, 1999 700+ words
...in its way Charles I, Louis XVI, and Nicholas II had...XIV (1633-1715) and Louis XV (1710-1774) ruled...taxation and hunger. Louis XV, perhaps, understood...became king of France, Louis XVI was only 20 and said...
- The Execution of Louis XVI and the End of the French Monarchy.
- Magazine article from: History Review Doyle, William March 1, 2000 700+ words
...equestrian statue of Louis XV. The square had been...Revolution, in which Louis XV's grandson, and the...murmuring prayers. Louis XVI, condemned after a trial...former subjects, that Louis XVI met his end. Nobody...
- The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the...
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Dull, Jonathan R. April 1, 2004 700+ words
...Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and...British historians in King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette...with John Hardman's Louis XVI (New Haven and London...his grandfather, King Louis XV, of whom he disapproved...
- Birth of Louis XVI of France: August 23rd, 1754.(Months Past)(Biography)
- Magazine article from: History Today Cavendish, Richard August 1, 2004 700+ words
...hours of labour. The fashionable obstetrician Dr Jard had been summoned and a message sent to the baby's grandfather, King Louis XV, who was at Choisy. Authoritative witnesses at a royal birth were essential, to forestall cynical whispers later, and the...
- Early modern Europe -- Revolt in Prerevolutionary France: The Prince de Conti's...
- Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review O Brien, Charles H April 1, 1996 700+ words
...Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against Louis XV 1755- 1757. By John D. Woodbridge...scientific rigor. The Prince de Conti was Louis XV's cousin and for several years one of...plot to ascend the throne in the place of Louis XV with the blessing of Jansenists and other...
- Revolt in Prerevolutionary France: The Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against...
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Merrick, Jeffrey April 1, 1996 700+ words
...influential and intemperate cousin of Louis XV advised the king about diplomatic as well...Madame de Pompadour's influence over Louis XV and many of his ministers, antagonized...1757. The attempted assassination of Louis XV generated many rumours, some of which...
- The fabrication of madame de Pompadour: Colin Jones discusses the art and...
- Magazine article from: History Today Jones, Colin November 1, 2002 700+ words
...figures of the long and troubled reign of Louis XV (r. 1715-74). She extended the remit...immediate predecessors in the arms of Louis XV--the Comtesse de Mailly and her sister...staged in her private residence]. Louis XV, for his part, would be in no doubt...