Château de Versailles is visited by eight million people every year, marvelling at gilded ceilings, ornate furniture and sumptuous fabrics. On a recent winter day, several were taking a break, seated on benches near the 1772 staircase by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and below the 2013 looping crystal chandelier by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. You would forgive them for not noticing that the benches underneath their bottoms were also worthy of a closer look.
