Paris is often considered the capital of the Enlightenment, with all eyes throughout Europe looking to the French city for philosophy, taste, and culture. But how did trade, travel ... exchange on ...

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into purchasing chairs with fake royal pedigrees, authorities say. The distinct taste of licorice helped give him away. By Ephrat Livni ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...