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À L'ANCIEN RÈGIME IS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROCOCO
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Après nous, le déluge

“After us, the deluge”…. Said by Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 – April 15, 1764), born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson,  to King Louis XV,  when the French financial system was on the verge of collapse

(Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) by E. Cobham Brewer).

Petrodvorets The Summer Palace Saint Petersburg Russia  (via Inside The Summer Palace photo - Mike Hale photos at pbase.com)
Le plafond du salon d’Apollon. The ceiling of Apollo Salon.  On 19 May 2012, for the 8th European Museums Night, the Palace of Versailles opened exceptionally the State Apartments at night on the theme of Passion for planets in Versailles. La Nuit européenne des musées en images By Château de Versailles Officiel  © Hervé BAETE
First days of spring in Versailles! Château de Versailles Officiel
Sunday 3 June,  Rendez-vous au jardin, the entrance to the palaces of Trianon and Marie-Antoinette’s estate is free !: Les Rendez-vous aux jardins s’installent au Grand Trianon ce we ! #Lireaujardin Versailles
Detail from the Porcelain Cabinet at Schönbrunn Palace (via The World of the Habsburgs)
Willowbrook Park Manor
Louis Tocqué (1696–1772)  Portrait of Louis, Dauphin of France 1739 oil on canvas Hermitage Museum
Anton Raphael Mengs - Truth
Satyr Cabinet Hallway Ludwigsburg Palace This hallway is decorated in ornate stucco work and sculptures in the Baroque style.
Ludwigsburg residenzschloss
Château de Madame du Barry Louveciennes
Château de Madame du Barry Louveciennes
L. Rohbock / C. Rohrich: The Neptune Pool in the imperial palace gardens at Schönbrunn near Vienna, steelplate engraving, 1873 (via The World of the Habsburgs )
Bedroom, the White House Jacqueline Kennedy had requested the help of  Henry Parish II, in decorating their private quarters.