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The Architecture of Romance
La Maison de Trianon, 1671-1687 (reconstruction) By Christine A. Jones (W&M Contributor) Not long after the construction of the legendary Taj Mahal, Louis XIV built a monument to passion, but it...
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Q&A: Christine A. Jones
As you may have seen, we’re adding some contributors to Wonders & Marvels. We want you to get to know each of them, so we’re planning on doing a Q&A (like the one below) with each new...
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Louis XIV and his Marvelous Legs
Raoul-Auger Feuillet, Chorégraphie, 1700 By Christine A. Jones (Wonders & Marvels contributor) The young Dauphin loved the stage. He famously danced the role of the Sun to the delight of the court...
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A Marvelous Dinner Party
Footed plate for Louis XV’s “service bleu céleste.” Vincennes Manufactory. 1754-5. Boughton House. Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, had a serious passion for porcelain. She took a leading...
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A Versailles Christmas
Marie Antoinette at Versailles, ornament available at zazzle.com A few years ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana in Geneva (a must-do for historical bibliophiles), where the...
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The Chocolate Baby
Marquise de Sevigne Chocolates One of the strangest anecdotes to emerge from the already larger-than-life annals of Louis XIV’s reign concerns a perfectly forgettable woman, the Marquise de Coëtlogon,...
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