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discusses the development around the opulence of the Rothschild style: "the Rothschilds moved into the market for what were known at the time as 'curiosities' rather than 'antiques' in the 1840s... In the 1870s they came to dominate that market in Europe through their number and their enthusiasm,
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and parquet flooring. This heavy abundance is combined with eighteenth-century, mostly French, furniture. For the Rothschilds, furniture and works of art often were of royal provenance. The family bought only the best which was on the market at that time, with preference for the reigns of
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for 'the Rothschild taste') describes a detailed, elaborate style of interior decoration and living which had its origin in France, Britain, Austria, and Germany during the nineteenth century, when the rich, famous, and powerful
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The "Goût Rothschild" was until the end of the 1920s and in a less opulent way until the 1960s the preferred style of people who amassed their fortunes in the late 19th century. Families like the
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was one of the leading companies whose designs came close to the "Goût Rothschild", though in a less opulent way. Among their clients were the administration of
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was at its height. The Rothschild aesthetic and life-style later influenced other rich and powerful families, including the
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or English castles and country houses and shipped these elements of European aristocratic taste to the
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and others. The houses "Rosecliff" and "Marble House" were used as film locations in the 1974 film
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in the "Goût Rothschild". During this period they bought whole interiors of French
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in 1789, there were some excellent pieces to buy, including many from the
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their increasing knowledge, their apparently limitless resources".
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continued into the twentieth century, affecting such designers as
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include lavish use of extravagant heavy textile fabrics (like
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Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé: The Collection
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Rothschild family
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velvet
gilding
stucco
panelling
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