Word: snuffbox
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...from 1750 to 1789. It was inspired by Jean-François de Bastide, author of the erotic novella The Little House. He believed seriously expensive and elaborate furniture and clothing were not meant to be just aesthetic eye candy; they were also used as tools of seduction. Is the snuffbox the next must-have accessory...
...that crazy, good-time-Charlie honky-tonker, and I don't tell 'em any different." DIED. LILIANE DE ROTHSCHILD, late 80s, quiet member of the French banking family known for her charitable donations to the art world; in Royaumont, France. Her gifts to the Louvre include a diamond-studded snuffbox given by Queen Victoria to her great-grandfather, a French minister of state...