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Duchess of Polignac

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Compiègne

Three years after starting restoration of the Chateau of Fontainebleau, Napoleon ordered work to start on another former royal residence

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Compiègne

The Joseph Franque portrait of Marie-Louise and her son is in the Versailles collection Shortly before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette

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The Turkish Boudoir

Marie-Antoinette was an avid follower of fashion.  The “Turkish” style was popular for smaller private spaces.  It was a fantasy

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Marie-Antoinette’s Boudoirs

Versailles Petit Trianon The Boudoir’s “Glaces Mouvantes” Fontainebleau The Turkish Boudoir The Silver Boudoir      

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Marie-Antoinette

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Madame du Barry’s Bed

If the nobility had a problem with Mme de Pompadour’s background, it paled into insignificance when the next (and last)

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Madame du Barry

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From Louis XV to Louis XVI

Louis XV and Marie Lesczczynska and ten children.  Of the two sons, only one survived.  He was married at 15

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