. Art in France. It \ l;i! Saint-Gobain, furniture, tapestries,were spread in rich pro-fusion. Of all this splen-dour, the ceiling is thesole remaining relic; itcontrasts strangely with thenudity of the floor. Toimagine all this vanishedmagnificence, we mustevoke those portraits byRigaud, in which crimsonvelvet and rich brocadesbillow to the very edge ofthe frame, and break their mirrors and goldsmiths work,.

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