“I like using Louis XV chairs for desk and dining room chairs,” she says. “They’re a good height and comfortable enough to withstand long work sessions or dinner parties.” The chair, dressed in a ...

Oprah Selling Off Her Furniture (All Louis XV Armchairs in Hand-Embroidered Silk Must Go!) By Julie Miller. ... and Louis XV armchairs in hand-embroidered yellow silk upholstery valued at $20,000 ...

A 1950 Vogue photograph of Paley, in a ruby satin Charles James dress, against a Maugham backdrop—tufted lettuce-green sofa, green velvet wool carpet, and damask stenciled walls—at her Kiluna ...