Bureau du Roi
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The Bureau du Roi, also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk, is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV's reign, and is now again in the Palace of Versaill
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Palace of Versailles
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The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV,
Bureau du Roi
…à cylindre de Louis XV), is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV's reign, and is now again in the Palace of Versailles. The Bureau du Roi was probably started in 1760, when the commission was formally announced. Its first designer was Jean-François Oeben, the master…
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Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces
Versailles in 1668, painted by Pierre Patel
Le Vau's garden façade around 1675