Similarly, the veneers and marquetry on many French pieces are so delicate that restoration is practically universal.

This is one of only a handful of French pieces of the 16th century that was written specifically for keyboard.

Through July 31, tour guides will show off perfume sets, glass chandeliers and other French decorative pieces.

The chairs are reproductions of 18th-century French pieces.

It was a French two-franc piece; and plenty of its date could be obtained abroad.

In the list, Roy found French two-franc pieces covering a series of years that included the date of his own coin.

It includes traditional carols, charming French instrumental pieces and arias by Bach.

Need two first-rate oboists, one each for two esoteric French pieces?

"Roman things have more fantasy and imagination than French pieces of the same period," she said.

There has long been a tradition of skilled furniture-making in the island, making copies of British and French pieces.