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New York Auctions Suggest End of Louis XV-XVI Magic
; ...the month when the magic of the Louis XV-Louis XVI decor, so long perceived by...these yet another variant of the Louis XV-Louis XVI taste of the 1970s was thrust...a restrained vein. A couple of Louis XV beechwood chaises a la reine and...
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Buyers prefer signed pieces of Louis XV
; ...glitz and glitter of 18th century Louis XV French furniture, buyers prefer signed...security. A recent example was the Louis XV/XVI palisander parquetry commode by...style. One buyer discovered that her Louis XV commode was signed by an ebeniste...
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Early modern Europe -- Revolt in Prerevolutionary France: The Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against Louis XV, 1755-1757 by John D. Woodbridge
; ...Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against Louis XV 1755- 1757. By John D. Woodbridge...scientific rigor. The Prince de Conti was Louis XV's cousin and for several years one...ascend the throne in the place of Louis XV with the blessing of Jansenists and...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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A table in Louis XV style worth $300-$400
; A table in Louis XV style worth $300-$400 By HELAINE FENDELMAN...the 20th century, and it is in the French Louis XV style. This style is seen in the depictions...furniture, it is associated with the reign of Louis XV, but the style quickly spread to England...
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When You Pull Up a Cushy Chair, Think of Louis XV
; ...upholstered? A. Pleasure-loving Louis XV of France - never one to deny...first upholstered chair. What Louis wanted, Louis got and Louis wanted to sit in the lap of...enticingly low-slung lines. Typical Louis XV furniture is smaller in scale...
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 "Highland Park News (IL)")
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Recycling Louis XV: Antique sofa regains original luster from careful reupholstering
; ...furniture's innards. With an antique Louis XV sofa, for example, Janice Wood, who...need to put in a special order for a Louis XV sofa. With an antique, "You need to...cushions and if the sofa has a skirt (Louis XV, naturally, does not) or includes...
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On the wish list Louis XV bed
; THIS Louis XV revival bed, manufactured circa 1900, is a dramatic centrepiece for any glamorous boudoir. The appealing symmetry of its lines...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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How did the most famous mistress in history become a feminist icon?; Louis XV's lover Madame de Pompadour was the world's most celebrated courtesan - but she hid a secret, as our extract from Nancy Mitford's definitive biography reveals.
; ...to her lover, France's all-powerful Louis XV. Within five years of her scandalous...But Madame de Pompadour remained at Louis's side for another 15 years until her...favourite mistress. Besides, Louis XV was extremely attractive. He was tall...
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'When I asked Christie's for my money back, they said get a lawyerso I did' After she paid nearly pounds 2 million for a pair of Louis XV urns, Taylor Thomson was shocked to discover they could be copies. In her first interview since she won a landmark action against Christie's, she tells Godfrey Barker 'they underestimated me. They thought I'd go away'
; ...century masterpieces from the reign of Louis XV of France, but which she later concluded...wildest excesses was Lot 56, "a pair of Louis XV Porphyry and Gilt-Bronze Two-Handled...century and to date from the reign of Louis XV. The original Houghton Hall cataloguing...
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The fabrication of madame de Pompadour: Colin Jones discusses the art and artifice of the leading mistress of Louis XV.
; ...of the long and troubled reign of Louis XV (r. 1715-74). She extended the remit...immediate predecessors in the arms of Louis XV--the Comtesse de Mailly and her sister...staged in her private residence]. Louis XV, for his part, would be in no doubt...
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