The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
France has claimed ownership of the Hope Diamond suggesting it is actually a legendary gem once owned by King Louis XIV.
Freshome (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
I’m not too much into historic and contemporary design, but I do know that this Louis XV commode Buffet and wine rack is quite interesting. Designed and manufactured by Axis FormLAB in a Rococo style it has subtle curves and miniaturized legs. Apart from trying to mimic the shapes and forms used in the 18th [...]
proteanme.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... live in houses dating back to Henry IV (1589-1610); 500,000 families live in houses of the Louis XIII period (1610-43); and 1,250,000 families live in houses of the Louis XV period (1715-74). Home is a historical landscape. And in walking through one’s neighborhood, there is the possibility to mark one’s steps along a time line connecting the now to the the past. The times that came...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Prices for platinum, which 18th-century French monarch Louis XV is said to have called the only metal fit for a king, have fallen 66 percent from their high in March of $2,276 per ounce to as low as $...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
"World-renowned theatre maker Robert Lepage is to join forces with dancer Sylvie Guillem and choreographer Russell Maliphant to create a new show called Eonnagata, which will be staged as part Sadler's Wells spring 2009 season. The story recounts the life of Charles de Beaumont, a member of French King Louis XV's spy network, the King's Secret, whose true gender was a constant source of speculation...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Since then, France's National Triperie Confederation, CNTF, has been battling to improve the image of innards, starting off by rebranding them "tripe products" rather than offal, which trips less well off the tongue. It has been helped by a few books on the subject, such as 'Testicles' by Blandine Vié – a learned tome of recipes on a part of the anatomy favoured by the court of Louis XV.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Born 23 February, 1967, in Mont-de-Marsan, south-west France, Hélène Darroze is a Michelin star-awarded chef. She started out as Alain Ducasse's right hand woman at the Louis XV restaurant in Monte Carlo before going on to win two Michelin stars at her eponymous restaurant on the Left Bank in Paris. She is currently head chef at The Connaught in London
The Wealth Report (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... for financial reasons. A portrait by François Boucher of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France. “Rich people are getting hit, and they’re all expressing the need to curtail unnecessary spending,” said Russ Alan Prince, president of Prince & Assoc., a wealth-research firm based in Connecticut. “Lovers are part of the same calculation.” Of course, any study of millionaires...
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
On a forgettable block in the Flatiron district, chef Alain Allegretti, a native of Provence who has worked at Alain Ducasse’s three-Michelin-star restaurant Le Louis XV, in Monte Carlo, and more recently at Le Cirque and Atelier, has bravely ventured into that riskiest of territory: the namesake haute . . .
regentantiques | 14/11/2008
... of the Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian Eras to the unparalleled opulence of the court of Louis XV and the French Empire, the timeless designs of the Old World offer inspiration to a wide array of tastes. Apart from furniture, high quality antique reproductions can bring a variety of practical as well as decorative treasures to life. With fine porcelain, glassware, silver and silver plate
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
In Columbia, Pa., the National Watch & Clock Museum offers "Time in Office: Presidential Timepieces" - - with 30 objects on loan representing 20 presidents. Included is a pocket watch from 1789 purchased at George Washington's request by his friend Gouverneur Morris on a trip to Paris. It was made by Jean Antoine Lépine, the clockmaker of Louis XV, Louis XVI and Napoleon. Also on display...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Alain Ducasse, 53 , is one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, with 14 Michelin stars to his name, including three for the celebrated Louis XV in Monaco and three for his eponymous restaurant at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris. He is a hotelier himself, owning four French inns. His London restaurant, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, opened last November.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Almost half a century later Le Palace was turned into a gay club that soon became the centre of the Paris night scene for heterosexuals as well as homosexuals. Village People, Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees and Donna Summer all performed there, while Karl Lagerfeld organised what are considered to be some of Paris's greatest fancy-dress parties since King Louis XV's bals masqués in the 18th century....
New York Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Highlights include a Louis XV Chinese porcelain watch holder on a bronze stand festooned with Meissen figures, birds and animals (including a mouse); a pair of Chinese famille rose covered vases with Rococo mounts (and dragon handles); a tiny black Louis XV Chinese lacquer fall-front desk attributed to Jacques Dubois with a bright red lacquer interior; and a Louis XVI ormolu-mounted...
Serious About Wine (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
"Making French Wine Fun" is the underlying philosophy of Le Beast – the first brand from Clink! Wines Ltd. ‘Le Beast’ is based on the historic legend of La Bête du Gevaudan – a creature believed to be part man/part wolf that killed over 120 women and children in the Languedoc, between 1762 and 1764. Not even King Louis XV’s famous hunter, Denneval, nor his six highly trained bloodhounds, could...
