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2. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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   Louis XV furniture was designed not for the vast palace state rooms of the Versailles of Louis XIV, but for the smaller, more intimate salons created by Louis XV and by his mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame DuBarry. It included several new types of furniture, including the commode and the chiffonier, and many pieces, particularly ...

3. Bureau du Roi - Wikipedia

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   The Bureau du Roi (French pronunciation: [byʁo dy ʁwa], 'the King's desk'), also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk (French: Secrétaire à cylindre de Louis XV), is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV's reign, and is now again in the Palace of Versailles.

4. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   With the death of Louis XV on May 10, 1774, his grandson Louis XVI became King of France at age twenty. The new king had little interest in the arts, but his wife, Marie-Antoinette, and her brothers-in-law, the Comte de Provence (the future Louis XVIII) and the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), were deeply interested in the arts, gave their protection to artists, and ordered large amounts ...

5. Ever Wanted to Own a Set of Louis XV Armchairs? Now’s ... - AOL

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   The online sale, which will comprise precious furniture, portraits, and objet d’arts, will take place October 16–29. ... a duo of white-and-blue Louis XV armchairs, and a Roman empress’s ...

6. Petit appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   The young Louis XV occupied his great-grandfather's bedroom, the chambre de Louis XIV, where the ceremonies of the daily lever and coucher were executed with the same exacting precision as during the reign of the Sun King. However, owing to the discomfort of the room in winter – its size and eastern exposure made it difficult, if not ...

7. Johnny Depp Says He Felt ‘Strangely, Oddly ... - AOL

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   Johnny Depp said he felt “strangely, oddly, perversely lucky” to have been offered the role of French King Louis XV at the U.K. premiere of his new film “Jeanne du Barry.” Depp was ...