Iconic & Varying French Style Encapsulated at The Palace of Versailles
From an Interior and Textile Designer's Lens, Some Key Take-Aways From Touring The Palace of Versailles my Versailles tik tok Petit Trianon our day at Versailles we experienced a crazy deluge of weather with freezing rain and snow, but the excitement for being there kept us giddy Due to the reign of many kings during varying timeframes and the long period (about 50 years) where Versailles was in a limbo state (furniture and art sold, silverware melted down and sold following the French Revolution), The Palace of Versailles is a wonderful display of different design styles and aesthetics and a fine example of why the French are experts in high-style design. The Palace acts as a history of France and we see that history through the art, decorative arts and the architecture and gardens of this iconic place. Each king to follow put their unique stamp of design on the Palace which was often influenced by the traditions, fashion and cultural climate of those times. In a nutshel
