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The design for the hand-painted gold-embellished panels of this music box were inspired by
the fine enameled gold boxes of the reign of Louis XVI. A time of great opulence and
splendid design, Louis' wife, Marie Antoinette, was a devoted patron of the arts. The
objects she commissioned from Parisian goldsmiths, enamelers and jewelers reached new
heights in their beauty and elegance. This musical movements play three tunes by Debussy,
Massenet and Bizet. |