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loving all of the grande french CHANDELIERS

I saw  s o o o  many gorgeous chandeliers touring the Chateau on my trip to France, I am sharing a few with you today.

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Versailles Hall of Mirrors or Grande Gallerie – 18 in total replicas of the originals from the 1700s.

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Versailles.

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When you have a house of mirrors with ceilings this high, you need many gigantic chandeliers to fill the volume of space.

Versailles Chandeliers photo sue womersley

The chandeliers you would choose, if you were Marie Antoinette decorating her boudoir.

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Closer view of the Queen’s Apartment chandelier.

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Another brilliant chandelier, Chateau de Beauregarde.

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Vaux le Vicomte, built pre Versailles.

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Vaux le Vicomte

All photos Sue Womersley

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2 responses to “loving all of the grande french CHANDELIERS”

  1. lynne @ gardenmad Avatar

    oooh la la! So pretty and sparkly!

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