Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Palace and Park of Versailles' has mentioned 'Silver' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Some of the palace furniture at this time was constructed of solid silver, but in 1689 much of it was melted down to pay for the cost of war. | WIKI |
| [27] In the 1670s and 1680s, 10xc2xa0million livres worth of solid silver furniture was commissioned to designs by Le Brun, including tubs for Louis XIV's orange trees, an 8 foot high sculpted throne, and a silver balustrade in the Salon of Mercury. | WIKI |
| Additionally, this project, which took over seven years to achieve,has required several hundred kilograms of silver and gold to complete. | WIKI |
| The eight-foot high silver throne was melted down in 1689 to help pay the costs of an expensive war, and was replaced by a more modest throne of gilded wood. | WIKI |
| The hall was originally furnished with solid silver furniture designed by Le Brun, but these furnishings were melted down in 1689 to help pay for war expenses. | WIKI |
| The King kept a silver throne, usually located in the Salon of Apollo, which was brought to the Hall of Mirrors for formal ceremonies, such as the welcome of foreign ambassadors, including a delegation from the King of Siam in 1686. | WIKI |
| Those on display today were made in 1770 for the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, based on the moldings of earlier silver versions made by LeBrun that had been melted down. | WIKI |
| Articles of Louis XIV's silver furniture are seen in this tapestry. | WIKI |
| One of the most costly elements in the furnishing of the grands appartements during the early years of the personal reign of Louis XIV was the silver furniture, which can be taken as a standardxc2xa0xe2x80x93 with other criteriaxc2xa0xe2x80x93 for determining a plausible cost for Versailles. | WIKI |
| The Comptes meticulously list the expenditures on the silver furniturexc2xa0xe2x80x93 disbursements to artists, final payments, deliveryxc2xa0xe2x80x93 as well as descriptions and weight of items purchased. | WIKI |
| Entries for 1681 and 1682 concerning the silver balustrade used in the salon de Mercure serve as an example: | WIKI |
| 5 In anticipation: For the silver balustrade for the king's bedroom: 90,000 livres II. | WIKI |
| 7 18 November to Sieur du Metz, 43,475 livres 5 sols for delivery to Sr. Lois and to Sr. de Villers for payment of 142,196 livres for the silver balustrade that they are making for the king's bedroom and 404 livres for tax: 48,861 livres 5 sol. | WIKI |
| 15 16 June 1681xc2xa0xe2x80x93 23 January 1682 to Sr. Lois and Sr. de Villers silversmiths on account for the silver balustrade that they are making for the king's use (four payments): 88,457 livres 5 sols. | WIKI |
| 111 25 Marchxc2xa0xe2x80x93 18 April to Sr. Lois and Sr. de Villers silversmiths who are working on a silver balustrade for the king, for continued work (two payments): 40,000 livres | WIKI |
| Accordingly, the silver balustrade, which contained in excess of one ton of silver, cost in excess of 560,000 livres. | WIKI |
| [124] In December 1689, to defray the cost of the War of the League of Augsburg, Louis XIV ordered all the silver furniture and articles of silver at Versailles xe2x80x93 including chamber pots xe2x80x93 sent to the mint to be melted. | WIKI |
| Clearly, the silver furniture alone represented a significant outlay in the finances of Versailles. | WIKI |