Philippe Wolfers (1858-1929)

With numerous preemptions of objets d'art connected with his family, a new chapter of history is being written for "Le Roi des Français." Welcome to the gallery of the Orléans.

Versailles is seeking to move away from its Bourbon-centric image to shed light on the transformations of the 19th century.

Émile Friant met up again with Madame Paul in 1899 and produced this fine piece of 1900 painting, acclaimed anew.

One of the great French figures of the pastry world, whose stores in Paris, London and Tokyo are always full, also has an appetite for art.

Saint James the Great is a sensual interlude in the art of Champaigne (1602-1674), a portraitist who found favor at court and became a painter of the New Testament after 1640.

Mobiles were a natural part of Philippe Hiquily's lifelong explorations of balance.

The Director of the Fesch Palace Museum, curator of Ajaccio’s museums and authority on 16th-century Italian painting has written a fascinating book on Napoleon’s tastes, from Jacques-Louis David to the Trianon and the secrets of the Empire style.

This instrument straight out of the 18th century contributed to the lifestyle of Marie-Antoinette’s time.

Philippe Claude Montigny is known for his restorations of Boulle marquetry medallions for furniture crafted during the reign of Louis XVI. The furniture he left behind features architectural forms and plain veneers, highlighting bronzes that took inspiration from classical antiquity.

With two signature models, they reinvented the art of lighting at the dawn of the 21st century.