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2026-09-23

A bulb that thinks it's a candle

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A two-light brass wall sconce with star-engraved glass panes crowned with chiselled foliage, lit against a midnight-blue wall covering dotted with small gold diamonds, framed by gilded mouldings, with a cream and gold damask curtain on the right.
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A two-light brass wall sconce with star-engraved glass panes crowned with chiselled foliage, lit against a midnight-blue wall covering dotted with small gold diamonds, framed by gilded mouldings, with a cream and gold damask curtain on the right.

Le Grand Siècle, at the Puy du Fou, down to the detail of a wall sconce.

Le Grand Siècle, at the Puy du Fou. The decor replays the seventeenth century down to the smallest detail: a brass sconce with star-engraved glass, set against a blue wall covering dotted with gold diamonds, edged by a damask curtain. Nothing here is period, and yet the eye believes it. Perhaps that is the real show: a bulb that thinks it’s a candle.

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