Marie Antoinette’s Gold and Silk Doghouse

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This doghouse [was] made for [Marie Antoinette, Queen of France from 1774-1792] by the famous French furniture builder Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené.

It’s currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It’s made of beech and pine wood covered with gold and cushioned by silk and velvet.

It does have the advantage of putting into perspective some of the admitted excesses of some modern pet owners.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Neatorama.

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