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The library of the Petit Château contains over 1,500 manuscripts and 17,500 printed volumes, that is part of the collection of over 700 incunabula, and some 300 medieval manuscripts, including one page of the Registrum Gregorii (c. 983), the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, the Ingeborg Psalter and 40 miniatures from Jean Fouquet's Book of ...
Nemours was created by Alfred I. du Pont in 1909–10 as a gift for his second wife, Alicia. It was named for the north-central French town of Nemours, which was affiliated with his great-great-grandfather, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours.
Toward the end of the 17th century, Louis XIV made the Île-de-France the permanent locale for great royal residences when he built the Palace of Versailles. Nonetheless, those who gained the king's favour, as well as the wealthy bourgeoisie , continued to renovate existing châteaux or build lavish new ones in the Loire Valley as summer ...
Lisa Vanderpump is welcoming fans into Vanderpump Villa.ET's Denny Directo visited the 19th century chateau in the south of France to get a tour of the property and hear all about the upcoming ...
LONDON — Peter Copping is taking a turn for Christie’s, opening his 15th-century Normandy chateau, La Carlière, for a virtual exhibition of art, objects, antiques and furniture to be featured ...
Inside the Fresh Pavilion: the right-hand panel is original, the rest of the wall decoration is a drawing. The interior was richly decorated, despite the pavilion's small size (barely 60 m2); the walls were covered with oak panelling by carpenter Jean-Antoine Guesnon, [ note 4 ] sculpted by Jacques Verbeckt and painted green and white by the ...