Sitting and the ability to sit varied greatly between the

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?