Photos of the Inveraray Castle, curent seat of the Duke of Argylle and family place of the Campbell clan.
Originally sketched by Vanburgh it was built between 1746 and 1789 by the design of Roger Morris and William Adam.
Image source about the 18th century.
Cup and Saucer.
Porcelain painted in undergaze blue, made in Japan in the late 17th century or early 18th century.
Dressing table made in Paris, France about 1760-1770 by Jean Georges Schlichtig. From the Victoria & Albert Museum.
“Secret Garden- Versailles” by Dior.
Directed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Filmed in the Château de Versailles.
Starring Daria Strokus, Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju.
Music “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode.
Dining room from the Lansdowne House, 1766-1769, designed by Robert Adam.
Plaster by Joseph Rose, Woodwork by John Gilbert, Marble chumneyplace by John Devall & Co.,London.
Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Grand Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1720. Yes, this dude was the inventor of the piano.
Bookcases made in London ca. 1763. Design by Robert Adam (1728-1792) and made by Vile and Cobb.
The Château de Chantilly nowadays belongs to the Institut de France and holds the Museé Condé.
Chair Sledge
Russia. Mid-18th century
Wood and silk; carved, gilded and painted.
The Ermitage museum.
The Petit Trianon. Versailles.
First photo: Marie Antoinette’s bed.
Second: The Queen’s Theatre.
Basildon Park.
This is a mansion built in 1776-1783 by John Carr for Francis Sykes. It was the outside location for Pemberley in the film Pride & Prejudice.
The Emperor’s Small Apartment at the Grand Trianon in Versailles.
“This five-room apartment with French doors opening out onto the former king’s garden was created by combining part of Madame Maintenon’s old apartment and the Small Apartment buit for Louis XV in 1750. Napoleon occupied it for the first time in December 1809, just after his divorce from Josephine. Under Louis-Philippe it served as the living quarters for the king’s youngest daughters, Princess Marie and Clémentine.”
Galerie des Glaces or gallery of the Mirrors, Palais de Versailles. Construction began 1678 and ended in 1684,by architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. The central panel of the ceiling is called Le Roi Gouverne pas lui-même (The king governs alone) by Charles Le Brun.
