Luxury After the Terror: Human rights indigestion and headache

indigestion and headache

The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

courage and kindness allow life to go on after unthinkable tragedy

" As parents and teachers and as individuals who still bear its fruits and wounds

Luxury After the Terror: Human rights indigestion and headacheWhen Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, vast networks of production that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court were severed. Although the king's royal possessions from drapery and tableware to clocks and furniture suites were scattered and destroyed, many of the artists who made them found ways to survive. This book explores the fabrication, circulation, and survival of French luxury after the death of the king.