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Liana Paredes offers a richly detailed examination of French-inspired interior decoration in the homes of Washington's elite in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cynthia R. Field concludes the volume with a consideration of the influence of Paris on city planning in Washington, D.C., including the efforts of the McMillan Commission and the later development of the Federal Triangle complex. The essays in this collection, the latest addition to the series 'Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol', originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002 at the French Embassy's Maison Francaise.