Marie Antoinette's

Jules-Marc-Antoine Frappaz,  Marie Antoinette's Boudoir.  1876, oil on canvas. Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau.   Then ...

Dining room from Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, 1742–48 Designed by John Sanderson (English, active from 1730, died 1774) Wood, plast...

Perhaps each morning you would like to be served chocolate in bed, you know, just to get you a bit energized for the day or at least...

Marie Antoinette's jewelry case, used for storing her diamonds, rubies and other pearls, is one of the many stunning objects on dis...

The Metropolitan Museum's Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts. Photo: Carlton Hobbs LLC The 18th century saw some luc...

A tapestry panel hangs at Bantry House. Image via Bantry House . A set of four tapestries was made for Louis XV on the occasion of the ...

Wallpaper  from Van Rensselaer Manor House. ca. 1768, Tempera on watercolor paper. Gift of Dr. Howard Van Rensselaer, 1928. Metropolita...

Room from a hotel in the Cours d'Albret, Bordeaux, Carving attributed to Barthélemy Cabirol (1732–1786) and his workshop. ca. 1785,...

When the Louvre sends art work to you, you go visit it!  The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has just opened their latest exhibition:...

Pair of wall lights , French. 18th century [ca. 1750], Glazed biscuit Chinese porcelain parrots of K'ang Hsi period; soft-paste Vi...

Master of the Months of Lucas, November. Tapestry, 1731-1743. I love this early eighteenth century tapestry and wish I had a color ima...

Martin van Meytens II, Portrait of the Empress  Maria-Theresa of Austria . Oil on canvas, c. 1745-1750. The John and Mable Ringling...

Giovannia Battista Piranesi, Side Table . Gilt oak, lime wood, marble, 1768. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. As times changed at t...

If you have ever wanted to step back in time and visit 18th century France at its best, now is your chance.  The Getty is hosting an exhibit...

An 18th century athènienne  sits in the corner of a room used for entertaining. If you want to add some 18th century flair to any...

I am going to try a new format.  Decorative arts are easy to love or hate, but let's try a comparison.  Which do you prefer and why? The...

Boucher, François and Maurice Jacques. Aurora and Cephalus , 1775-76. Wool and silk tapestry, Hofburg Palace, Austria. Boucher worked with ...

"...the splendor of royal dining during the ancien régime " Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered is on vie...

Meissen Factory. Vase, 1750. porcelain with ormolu mounts. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This lovely porcelain vase was made at the ...

Pierre Gouthière.  Andiron , c. 1770/80.  Gilt bronze.  The Detroit Institute of Arts. Here are a pair of andiron, made in France by Pierre...