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Marie and Toilette: Trivia about MGM's Marie Antoinette
credit: my collection Opulent. Extravagant. Grand. Just a few words that easily described the 1938 film Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer as--who else?--the titular queen. But did you know...
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Even More Jules Gervais-Courtellemont Autochromes of Life at Versailles
Earlier this summer, I posted a small collection of Jules Gervais-Courtellemont autochromes/autochrome prints of "life at Versailles," as portrayed by 1920s re-enactment players. Since then, I've been...
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Quick Treasure: An Afternoon at the Trianon
There's something special about vintage photographs of people, whether it's someone's personal family pictures or a photograph eventually used en masse for postcards like the image below. A simple...
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Marie Antoinette (1938) on the Cutting Room Floor: The Dauphin's Debut
I was recently fortunate enough to purchase a shooting script from one of my favorite films, MGM's Marie Antoinette. One of the reasons I was eager to make the purchase was due to the cuts made to the...
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Let Them Drink Pepsi
One of the more memorable advertisements to utilize Marie Antoinette's popular (though incorrect) image as the queen who said "Let them eat cake!" was a 1969 Coca-Cola ad which spun a clever twist on...
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Tea at Trianon: Marie Antoinette's Bath
via Tea at Trianon: Cleanliness was important to Marie-Antoinette and she insisted on bathing every day, clothed in a linen bathing dress.
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From Marie Antoinette's Garden: Delphinette
image: Delphinettecredit: Danny Steven S. The gardens of Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon were legendary for extraordinary beauty. Marie Antoinette adored flowers and her love for them is most...
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Tea Fit For a Queen: Nina's Paris Tea Review
NINA's Paris, best known for their high quality tea, has a long and illustrious history providing fragrances and other luxury items to the court of France. Today, they are best known for their luxury...
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Quick Treasure: Madame Elisabeth's Dress
credit: Conseil gén Yvelines/©EPV / Christian MiletThis modern interpretation of a dress worn by Madame Elisabeth in a contemporary portrait by Charles Leclerq was created and displayed for the...
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From Marie Antoinette's Garden: Rose
image: detail of a portrait of Marie Antoinette with a rose by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun The gardens of Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon were legendary for extraordinary beauty. Marie Antoinette adored...
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On the Cutting Room Floor: Madame du Barry's Boudoir
A little background: I have been fortunate enough to acquire a copy of the shooting script for the incomparable MGM Marie Antoinette film. The primary reason I made the purchase was to gain access to...
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Marie Antoinette Meets Scarlett O'Hara (Well, Sort Of)
I made a post on my Tumblr recently about a random Marie Antoinette sighting in the graphic novel Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story by Ashley Marie Witter. In the novel, Claudia--the titular...
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Quick Treasure: Another Versailles Autochrome by Jules-Gervais Courtellemont
I've really fallen in love with these romantic autochromes of players/actors at Versailles, taken by Jules-Gervais Courtellemont. This next scan is of a print made from an autochrome, but is still...
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ALS of Michigan's 2013 Walk n' Roll for ALS
Please consider making a donation to ALS of Michigan in honor of my father in this year’s Walk n’ Roll for ALS. A year before my father’s death in April of 2013—this was two months before his diagnosis...
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A Stroll Through Marie Antoinette's Garden (From Marie Antoinette's Garden by...
A spellbound wilderness I sawPainted as by Taste herself;That celebrated garden fairThat work of Art, and Nature's glass,Her work surpass'd by hand of ManO' Trianon, may winter's chilland icy blasts...
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On the Cutting Room Floor: The Death of the Princesse de Lamballe
A little background: I have been fortunate enough to acquire a copy of the shooting script for the incomparable MGM Marie Antoinette film. The primary reason I made the purchase was to gain access to...
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A miniature of the princesse de Lamballe
credit: (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Martine Beck-CoppolaA portrait of Marie-Thérèse-Louise Savoie-Carignan, the princesse de Lamballe, by Claude Bornet. This miniature portrait was...
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Henrietta Richer at My French Life - Uncovering Versailles: King Louis XIV's...
(via Tea at Trianon)Henrietta Richer at My French Life offers an enlightening look at the kitchen garden of Louis XIV:The gardeners and students at the little-known kitchen garden at the Chateau de...
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Two portraits of the lovely duchesse de Guiche
Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac (7 May 1768 - 30 March 1803) was the first child and only daughter of Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron and Jules de Polignac. In 1780, she was married...
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A portrait of the duchesse d'Angoulême crowned with lilies
image: (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Martine Beck-CoppolaA portrait of Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France, duchesse d'Angoulême by an unknown 19th century artist. This particular...
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