The European Baroque being in Rome it was meant o be a celebration of the catholic church victory again the protestant. The catholic church was trying to attract new and bring back old follow…
Offered is a charming Dresden dessert set featuring 6small dessert dishes and one teacup. The skillful and fluted hand-painted gilded panels alternating between blue and florals present a delightful pattern referencing similar styles used by Louis 14th. The rims of the dessert dishes are scalloped. These charming pieces are magnificent and can make a great addition to your antique china collection. The artistry is attributed to Helena Wolfsohn circa 1843 1878 and all pieces have the Dresden mark. MEASUREMENTS: 6 dessert dishes measure 5 1/2 inches in diameter CONDITION: Their condition is in good antique condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing. One plate has a hairline. UPS will pack and ship. Free shipping for Us customers. Thanks for shopping with Style Junkie Antiques and do stop back for new listings.
Dubbed the Airelles Château de Versailles, the hotel will provide travelers an opportunity to stay in one of the world's most opulent buildings—but for a high fee
Reminder: Two days left to enter the giveaway if you haven’t already. OK, back to regular programming: Talk about drama! Turns out a lot of you like it – the extremely dramatic pink and black dress had a lot of enthusiastic responses, and a few slightly horrified and repelled erks from those with more delicate taste in clothes. Definitely not a dress for the faint-hearted! Thanks to the non-lovers of huge hot pink & black chevrons (and those who noticed that the cuffs were a bit off, and the dress fell apart stylistically below the knee), it came in at 7.3 out of 10. Sometimes a ‘Rate the Dress’ chooses itself, and sometimes I have the hardest time picking a garment that is interesting and doesn’t repeat the theme/colour/timeperiod/aesthetic of something I showed you recently too closely. This week was dreadful. I looked at hundreds of images, and saw many that would be perfect Rate the Dresses, but weren’t right for this week. I finally settled on this: This gown fascinates me. I think how …
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A previous version of this article appeared in the Bloomington, IN Herald-Times on 3/8/2009. homes.qp-5350566.sto The palace of Versailles was once the most lavish large home in the world, the res…
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Beautiful picnic, right? but check out the background. The Chateau d'Anet in Normany was originally built for Diane de Poitiers, the mistress to Henri II in the early 16th century as a gift from the king on the land of her former husband's estate. Interestingly enough, she was 20 years his senior, talk about cougars!Her remains were laid to rest in the chapel on the estate after her death in 1566 but were later removed during the revolution. The original grave can be seen below. While the chateau escaped being pilaged and burned during the french revolution, the estate's entire contents were put up for sale. Later, most of the chateau was torn down with interesting pieces being salvaged to be put into the famous Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After World War II these elements were given back to the chateau. the chapel on the estate The chateau was faithfully restored first in the 1840s by the Comte Adolphe de Caraman and later in the 1860s by Ferdinand Moreau who also began to collect items originally belonging to the chateau. Moreau's family still own and live on the estate but it can be toured. In 1851 it was declared a historical monument. The main dining room, seen in the 2 photos above, is really spectacular. Beautiful paneling with tons of gilding. However, the part of the chateau I really love is in the caretakers 'cottage'. The dining room housed there is less grand, but equally as elegant. The doors opening to the garden really make the room for me. The paneling isn't bad either! Even the ceiling is interesting with a polychromed treatment. I thought the flowers below, gathered from the estate were just icing on the cake. To see more pictures of the estate and also pictures of an event there, please visit New York Social Diary Visit the official website of the Chateau HERE for visiting times and prices. Pictures from Classic Entertaining by Henrietta Spencer-Churchill and Flickr.com
