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Countess' Bedroom, Villa La Petraia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Camera della Bella Rosina or Countess' Bedroom, with blue silk French wallpaper chosen by Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, and elm wood dressing table by Jean Baptiste Gilles Youf, early 19th century, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The 19th century furniture is from the Villa Reale in Marlia, near Lucca. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Camera della Bella Rosina or Countess' Bedroom, with blue silk French wallpaper chosen by Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, and elm wood dressing table by Jean Baptiste Gilles Youf, early 19th century, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The 19th century furniture is from the Villa Reale in Marlia, near Lucca. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen