Calling all Francophiles! Newly Reopened!

This summer: Two MUST SEE reinstallations on opposite sides of the globe! If you're planning to be in Paris or San Francisco, you're in luck (and we're majorly jealous)! If you can't be there in person, you can still enjoy these glimmering interiors vivariously; check out the links below!

1. Louvre Reopens Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts Galleries!

After an 8 year closure, this grand suite of 18th-Century Decorative Arts Galleries is once again ready for an eager public. With over 2,000 pieces on display, the Louvre's holdings represent one of the world's most extensive collections. The new installation traces the evolution of French taste for the decorative arts from 1660-1790 (more or less from the reign of Louis XIV through Louis XVI).

Paneling from the hôtel Le Bas de Montargis, place Vendôme, Paris, ca. 1705 (Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah).

Paneling from the hôtel Le Bas de Montargis, place Vendôme, Paris, ca. 1705 (Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah).

2. Newly Conserved and Renovated Salon Doré, Legion of Honor, San Francisco.

One of the finest examples of French Neoclassical interior architecture located in the United States, this remarkable period room has been moved seven times since 1877! The interior was originally designed during the reign of Louis XVI as a receiving room for guests of the Hôtel de La Trémoille in Paris, but has been in many other contexts ever since. While it has been held in the collection of the Legion of Honor for more than 40 years, beginning in 2012, the the Salon Doré underwent a comprehensive conservation and renovation project.