How Louis XV Chilled Out; Hillwood Gets Cozy With Old Comforts

The Washington Post | November 9, 2002| | Copyright

It takes a thoroughly modern curator to put a new spin on old furniture.

At the antiques-filled Hillwood Museum, Liana Paredes Arend is trying to do just that. The 41-year-old expert in European decorative arts has written a book on the museum's collection of fine French furniture. In 120 photo-filled pages, she recasts the gilded extravagance of 18th-century aristocrats in a light that 21st- century populists can appreciate: Versailles sparked a revolution in home design.

"French Furniture: From the Collection of Hillwood Museum & Gardens" explains the craftsmanship that made the palace of ...

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