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Inspired by Herculaneum, styles fit for Marie Antoinette

Giovannia Battista Piranesi, Side Table. Gilt oak, lime wood, marble, 1768.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
As times changed at the palace of Versailles styles did as well. Madame du Pompadour as patron of the arts, loved the style of the Rococo, and its appeal lasted well through the first half of the 18th century.  With Madame du Barry filling her shoes, and the future king and queen Louis XVI, the Neoclassical style would become en vogue.