Still keeping busy, today put up new page looking at the effect the mistresses of Charles II had on the course of English furnishing history.
King Charles was once described as “as the father of his people”, with the commentator adding, “of a good many of them”. He is famous for having been enamoured of the company of pretty women, and went to great lengths to satisfy their wants. This included furnishing their royal apartments according to their whims, whims which were of the most fashionable, modern, read “French”, kind.
Read the article: http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/english/restoration-court.html
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