From stately beds and carved console tables to gilded mirrors and delicate vases, each piece in the collection is designed to evoke the essence of French artistry. Skilled artisans bring Baroque and ...

A bust of Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles outside ... with his royal trappings. After the French Revolution, overwrought styles such as rococo went out of fashion, as the country’s ...

In an archive piece from The House & Garden Decoration Book, published in 1951, we find an invaluable guide to English ...

As Andrea remarked, “what Orban says, goes.” He cleared Budapest of beggars. My favourite stop was Matthias Church (also ...

Located a stone’s throw from the creamy curved splendour of Hofburg Palace and the constant clop ... The café you see today, decorated in Rococo style and complemented by Regency furnishings ...

Professor Joseph says he was a half-French, half-Black man from Haiti who ... Latona Fountain of Versailles in France. But Chicago's Rococo masterpiece is twice as big as Louis XIV's.

It nurtured Klimt and Schiele, whose gilded visions and raw lines still echo through the city’s galleries and palaces ... often trailed by her beloved French bulldogs—turned the Sacher ...

Lviv, a jewel of cobblestone alleys, Hapsburg-era palaces and squares ... maintenance,” wrote an amazed Victor Tissot, a Swiss-French journalist who visited Bohorodchany in the late 19th ...

Nestled right in the Alps with an abundance of beautiful churches, Rococo-style architecture ... for lunch or dinner and a nightcap in their cosy fire-lit bar. Mirabelle Palace & Gardens The Schloss ...