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Article: Valois furniture at Blois. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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The chateau of Blois on the Loire River was the principal home of Louis XII and Francois I, Kings of France of the Valois dynasty, so it is a fitting setting for an exhibition of furniture made for the Valois in the sixteenth century.
Although not a great deal of French Renaissance furniture remains from the Valois regimes, there are records of it in the form of prints showing the appearance of the royal interiors. Le mobilier a la cour des Valois (Furniture at the court of the Valois) is on view in three large rooms at the chateau until September 30. The first room contains furniture and tapestries and other textiles produced during the time of Louis XII and ...
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