#18th century houses

[planetofaesthetics]

Drinks Aesthetic | Tea 🍵

~ tea - is like home comfort and soulful conversations in a flowering garden of the 19th-18th century. ~

[the-home]

[jamesfrain]

House of the Dragon + art — Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel "Better to Reign in hell than to serve in heaven"

Moreover, the prince at first refused to be a part of his mother's plans. "My sister is the heir, not me," he says in Eustace's account. "What sort of brother steals his sister's birthright?" Only when Ser Criston convinced him that the princess must surely execute him and his brothers should she don the crown did Aegon waver.... "Rhaenyra has no choice but to take your heads if she wishes her bastards to rule after her" It was this, and only this, that persuaded Aegon to accept the crown that small council was offering him, insists our gentle septon.

The Painting The posture is more sulky and defiant than remorseful. The head is raised, and there's that tear in his right eye, but the eyes themselves smoulder with silent anger, and clasped, linked hands, and elevated elbowls indicate that the struggle isn't done. His brilliant, glossy, gracefully flowing feathery wings and breathtaking. He's all set to take off. (x)

[livesunique]

Kadriorg Palace, Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia,

Vladyslav Melnyk

[keepingitneutral]

Naxxar House, Valletta, Malta,

Courtesy: Julian Vassallo

[useless-catalanfacts]

A room in Can Papiol house-museum in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Penedès, Catalonia).

Since the year 1790 and throughout the 19th century, this was the home of one of the wealthiest families in the small city of Vilanova i la Geltrú: the Papiol family, who owned many vineyards around the city. The house has preserved its 19th century interiors, and nowadays it's a house-museum that allows visitors to see what a 19th century upper class family home was like.

The house includes a library with about 6,000 books written between the 16th and the 19th centuries, as well as a music room, a billiard room, a ballroom where the family hosted music parties and literary meetings, a dining room, the bedrooms, a small private chapel, the servants' rooms, areas for servants to do domestic work and for farmers to do their work, stables, and a little Romantic garden.

Photo by mirades_nostres on Instagram.

[tiny-librarian]

In any case it seems that Maria Theresa had expected a daughter. One of her courtiers, Count Dietrichstein, wagered against her that the new baby would be a boy. When the appearance of a girl, said to be as like her mother as two drops of water, meant that he had lost the bet, the Count has a small porcelain figure made of himself, on his knees, proffering verses by Metastasio to Maria Theresa. He may have lost his wager but if the new-born augusta figlia resembled her mother, then all the world would have gained.

Marie Antoinette: The Journey - Antonia Fraser

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

And at the rate things are going, I fear I am not any way inclined at all! *Laugh track*

[makosxa]

Felipe V of Spain (!!)

[classic-art-favourites]

Marie Antoinette in Court Dress by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, 1778.

[marianadecarlos]

Fanart of Philip V of Spain

I illustrated him savoring his dinner after a long day. He took a bite of his steak but found it chewy and dry. He instructed a servant to remove the steak and chose to eat pastries and tarts instead.

Dedicated to my friend, @philippeducdanjou, @chateau-de-gamin and @felipe-v-fanblog

I hope you all liked it, Thank you

[wardrobeoftime]

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story + Costumes

Lady Agatha Danbury's creme & blue dress in Season 01, Episode 03.

// requested by anonymous

[the-home]

[the-alternate-realities]

[livesunique]

Linton Hall, Linton, Kent, United Kingdom

[7pleiades7]

Purity of Heart (1752) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708−1787), oil on canvas, 98 × 73.5 cm, Royal National Trust, Uppark House, England