Sitting and the ability to sit varied greatly between the era of Louis XIV and Louis XV, “To Sit or Not to Sit: Etiquette at the Court of Louis XIV.”

 https://partylike1660.com/ten-rules-of-etiquette-for-your-versailles-visit/

http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot.com/2016/11/take-seat-seating-etiquette.html

https://www.getty.edu/news/sitting-in-style/

Explain the difference between the two.  

After reading the following articles and the information in the course content, discuss the following:

• Compare it to a situation that would be common today.
• Can you think of a situation that compares to the story above? Provide a clear comparison between your example and the required reading.

In her book The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual and the Modern Home Began, Joan DeJean suggests that it was in 18th-century France that “interior decoration came in to existence as a subset of the new architecture of private life.”  In your initial post, answer the following questions:

• Why was it not used before?
• Why do you think this is the first time people were able to think about decoration of their homes?