My green sofa is quite contemporary, so I paired it with a pair of wooden Louis XIV chairs that bring an old weight to the whole room and the contrast really works,' she adds. Animal print is ...

She had a long, narrow, somewhat decadent-looking face framed by an ornate coiffure that reminded me of Rigaud's portrait of Louis XIV in the Louvre ... XIII sofas and chairs and, spread out ...

“So much amazing design has come out of France,” adds James Hunter, design director at the Wiseman Group in San Francisco, ...

The first French missionaries arrived in Siam (Thailand’s old name) around 1662 and Siamese diplomats were dispatched to meet Louis XIV at Versailles ... year’s APEC chair, is not particularly ...

From the glittering palaces of Riyadh and a $195 million (£154m) desert compound to 10 mansions on London's billionaires' row ...

Trump Tower Penthouse A Louis XIV-style Manhattan apartment features ... ceiling and the master bedroom has its own barber chair for touching up that famous toupee (comb-over?

Just before the revolving door is a bronze statue of a Louis XIV on a horse whose knee has ... terrace outside diners sit in white wooden deck chairs overlooking the sea. Chef Mélanie Serre ...

While exploring this quaint area, you'll come across several notable tributes to its French Colonial past, including a striking bust of Louis XIV (one of France's most famous kings), the Église ...

This is where it pays to know how to talk about something, because if you’re looking for a very specific type of dining chair but don’t know what it’s called, you’ll have a harder time finding it than ...

She was awarded two year-long NEH Fellowships for College Teachers, and the first Endowed Lavern ’39 and Betty DePree ’41 Van Kley Chair in 2011. Professor Larsen’s main field of research is the ...

more brocade and embroidery than the court of Louis XIV, and arresting streetwear designs. 2021: Hamilton’s eye-catching Met Gala look was by designer Kenneth Nicholson Credit: John Shearer ...