Dans l’intimité du roi. Le cabinet d’angle. Afrique Ainsi que de minces filets

Ainsi que de minces filets d'eau courant sur les nattes pour se rassembler en nappes stagnantes

including the famous Mexico and Tunisia bookcases and many other emblematic models from the 1950s

interspersed with long silences during which they drink a last glass or relight a cigarette butt that lasts

he welcomed a second cat

- Chapter 98

Dans l’intimité du roi. Le cabinet d’angle. Afrique Ainsi que de minces filetsInitially a "collector's apartment" for Louis XIV, the corner study was transformed by Louis XV, who, appreciating the privacy, made it his workplace. Restored to the tastes of the reign, the study then benefited from a sumptuous rococo decor and the most refined furniture. Mirror borders and woodwork by Jacques Verberckt depicting children's games, elegant bronzes and delicate marquetry, a chest of drawers and medallion cabinet by Antoine Robert