
Provence: Country Style Pt 3 – Tres Chic, Indiennes
Among the cargoes brought into Marseilles in Provence during the mid seventeenth century were desirable cotton prints from India, which captured the imagination
Among the cargoes brought into Marseilles in Provence during the mid seventeenth century were desirable cotton prints from India, which captured the imagination
Louis XIV (1838 – 1715) was known for being dignified, gracious, exquisitely polite and never blamed his generals for a defeat. His reign 1661 – 1715 was of incomparable brilliance. French art and literature flourished and artisans, included the celebrated playwright Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliére (1622-1673), dramatists Pierre Corneille (1606-84)…