# The French Royal Wardrobe

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- Book: [The French Royal Wardrobe](https://www.bookquiver.com/jerome-hanover/the-french-royal-wardrobe) ([The French Royal Wardrobe.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jerome-hanover/the-french-royal-wardrobe.md))
- Authors: [Jerome Hanover](https://www.bookquiver.com/jerome-hanover), [Gabriel Bauret](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabriel-bauret)
- Publisher: Flammarion
- ISBN: 978-20-8026-132-8
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2022-02-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The Hôtel de la Marine, an exemplary monument on Paris's Place de la Concorde, is a superb architectural achievement constructed in the eighteenth century by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the official architect of King Louis XV. The institution it housed was charged with choosing, purchasing, and maintaining all of the king's furniture-from beds to the simplest chair-and the crown's treasures were stored here until 1789, after which it became the site of the Ministry of the Navy for more than two hundred years. An extensive four-year restoration was completed in 2021; the building reopened to the public, and features a museum, conserved apartments that highlight the tastes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an exhibition hall, a bookshop, and three restaurants. Previously unpublished photography captures the splendor and majesty of the monument.