MOVIES Why Johnny Depp was cast as King Louis XV in ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Johnny Depp was surprised to learn he was cast as the French king in his latest movie.

Louis XV furniture is sumptuous but less formal than Louis XIV furniture. This is the period of exotic woods, bountiful curves, lacquer, painted furniture and more inlay. Louis XVI, 1774-93.

The first "home" elevator -- a counterweight lift -- was built for France's King Louis XV for his personal chambers in Versailles in the 18th century. Mansions in the United States in the early ...

Louis XV, also known as Louis the Beloved, ruled as King of France for 59 years, from 1715, when he succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five, to his death in 1774. Despite his ...