Gold, ox bile and garlic: the wonder and weirdness of recreating Louis XVI’s bed
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Nina Caplan
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The 40-year restoration of the king’s private apartments culminates with this majestic design pieced together using a 1775 invoice — and a miscellany of heritage methods
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