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Valois furniture at Blois. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)

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| September 01, 2002 | Kramer, Miriam | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The chateau of Blois on the Loire River was the principal home of Louis XII and Francois I, Kings of France of the Valois dynasty, so it is a fitting setting for an exhibition of furniture made for the Valois in the sixteenth century.

Although not a great deal of French Renaissance furniture remains from the Valois regimes, there are records of it in the form of prints showing the appearance of the royal interiors. Le mobilier a la cour des Valois (Furniture at the court of the Valois) is on view in three large rooms at the chateau until September 30. The first room contains furniture and tapestries and other textiles produced during the time of Louis XII and Francois I for their various residences. Three designers built and embellished their palaces: the ...

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