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Antique Clocks, Antique Furniture, Antique Glass, Antique Silver, Antiques, Antiques Miscellany, Arts & Culture Conversations, Visual Art ReviewsJanuary 13, 2017

Treasures from Versailles – An Encounter of the Richest Kind

By Carolyn McDowall

Visiting Canberra to view the Treasures from Versailles at the National Gallery of Australia, on my way to Sydney for Xmas, was an encounter of the richest kind

Antique Clocks, Antique Furniture, Antique Glass, Antique Silver, Antiques, Antiques Miscellany, Arts & Entertainment News & Reviews, Visual ArtsDecember 7, 2016

Treasures from Versailles – Dazzling Display, NGA Canberra

By Carolyn McDowall

Treasures from The Palace of Versailles will be on show at The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra ACT from December 9, a once in a lifetime experience

Antique Furniture, Antiques Miscellany, Architecture, Art, Built Environment, Ceramics - Antiques & Modern, Creativity, Cultural Development, Design History & Decorative Arts, Design Styles, Fashion, Society & Style, Featured, Gardens & Landscaping, Historic Costume, Humanities, Interiors, Learn About Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Social History, Textiles, The Culture Concept, Visual ArtsMarch 17, 2012

The Mistress & The Consort – Paying the Wages of Beauty

By Carolyn McDowall

Louis XVI’s Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XV’s consort Madame du Barry lived at a time of society scandal and political turmoil, paying the wages of beauty