EditorialInside La Verrière, a light-filled and typically quiet cafe with plush armchairs and a stunning glass roof inside the 19th-century InterContinental Paris le Grand Hotel, in Paris, June 12, 2023. (Joann Pai/The New York Times)
EditorialArmchair (one of four), ca. 1751?52, British and French, probably Beauvais, Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), H. 44 x W. 32 x D. 28 in. (111.8 x 81.3 x 71.1 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, These chairs are from a set of six a...