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Byline: Genevieve Bahrenburg
This month, Jacques Garcia re-creates the Baroque argent magnificence of Louis XIV's fabled court with an exhibition at Versailles of 150 pieces of silver state furniture borrowed from such storied castles as Windsor, Rosenborg, and Hohenzollern. (The originals were melted for the king's war coffers.) In "When Versailles Was Furnished in Silver," gleaming chandeliers, perfume burners, and torcheres will sparkle among flickering candles and rare drawings of the original furnishings in the king's state apartments, which extend through the ...