This Rue de Rivoli home in the heart of Paris’s 1st Arrondissement comes with some serious design cachet: For one, it was one of the first major projects of notable French interior designer ...

Aside from royalty and the aristocracy, only one-third ... and they continued their purification through the 18th Century," he said. In short, French in France changed, while in Quebec it stayed ...

Swooping staircases and ormolu furnishings offer bland painted context for a relatively small handful of 18th century French and German ... drug of choice for idle aristocrats.

inventories and police records), objects that once belonged to 18th-century French artists, long concealed from historical view. As the authors explain, we think about artists in such a ...

This rare 18th-century jewel ... believe it was crafted for royalty or a high-ranking aristocrat during the decade leading up ...

New research has revealed the fascinating life story of a once anonymous Black boy in a grand 18th-century English portrait by French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo. Recently uncovered documents ...

The archivist gave him permission to open the letters, all addressed to 18th-century French sailors from their loved ones and seized by Great Britain's Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756 ...

It was very emotional," he told French news agency AFP ... they're not unique to France or the 18th century," he added. "They reveal how we all cope with major life challenges.

The contents of over one hundred undelivered 18th century love letters have been revealed for the first time. The letters were sent to French sailors by their families between 1757 and 1758 ...