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Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). When Napoleon III made himself Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant for good. The boudoir, in the background the desk on which she wrote the novel "Indiana."
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Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). When...

Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the time of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850), with the original furniture and (foreground) embroideries by Queen Amelie and her ladies.
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Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the time of King Louis-Philippe...

Chateau de Versailles: the gaming room with the chess board of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850) and original furniture and lamps.
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Chateau de Versailles: the gaming room with the chess board of King Louis-Phil...

Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie. "Love-seat" and small table.
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Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of Napoleon III and Empress...

Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie met their friends for evening games; the famous "dictee" imagined by poet Prosper Merimee took place here in the Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of Napoleon III.
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Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie met their friend...

Empress Eugenie's clothes,umbrella and walking stick in her dressing room, Chateau de CompiŠgne,France.
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Empress Eugenie's clothes,umbrella and walking stick in her dressing room, Ch...

The salon of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome and Queen Catherine of Wuerttemberg, at the rue de Courcelle in Paris, 1859. Oil on canvas.
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The salon of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome and Queen Catherine of W...

The dining room of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome, brother of Napoleon I, and Queen Catherine of Wuerttemberg, at the rue de Courcelles in Paris; 1854 Oil on canvas.
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The dining room of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome, brother of Napol...

The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet Marcel Proust spent his childhood there and described the house in the first volumes of "A la Recherche du Temps perdu". Marcel Proust's room.
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The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet Marcel Proust spent his...

Room in the house of designer Jeanne Lanvin (1882-1938) in rue Barbet-de-Jouy in Paris. Interior decoration of her private room by architect Albert Rateau, (1920-22). The walls are covered with silk embroidered in the Lanvin workshops. The colour is "Lanvin blue".
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Room in the house of designer Jeanne Lanvin (1882-1938) in rue Barbet-de-Jouy in...

The table of Austerlitz,also called the table of the generals.After a design by Charles Percier(1764-1830) and Jean-Baptiste Isabey(1767-1855).In the center Napoleon I,thirteen generals in a circle around him.
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The table of Austerlitz,also called the table of the generals.After a design...

Bedroom of Empress Eugenie in Compiegne,where the couple used to spend weekends with friends. In the background a painting showing the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869,which the Empress attended.
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Bedroom of Empress Eugenie in Compiegne,where the couple used to spend...