From 18th-century French salons to living rooms around the world, Louis XV chairs enjoy a certain je ne sais quoi. Wooden frames, rounded backrests, and graceful details characterize a style of chair ...
Q: When I lived in the Netherlands in the 1960s, I purchased an antique table at auction. Without being more specific, the auctioneer referred to the table as “French, from the era of Louie the ...
A couple of times a year, Kelley Frost drives east on Interstate 10, gets off at Flatonia and drives past La Grange — “the ZZ Top song plays in your head,” she says — to the town of Round Top, ...