Grand Salon from the Hôtel de la Bouëxière, c. 1735, 190 5/8 x 349 1/2 x 230 3/16 in. ( x x cm), Wood, paint, plaster, gilt, marble, iron, France, 18th century, Jean Gaillard de la Bouëxière built the Grand Salon in his Paris mansion, around 1735, to be his party room. A tax collector for the French crown, he wanted to show that he could afford to play as hard as he worked. It was here that he and his guests enjoyed music and other diversions at a time when leisure—how, when, and how often you entertained

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