Marie-Antoinette guirlande, 5.5" x 7.5
Une guirlande is the same thing as a garland.
Les Guirlande du oiseaux 5.5" x 7.5
When I showed Micha, my growing collection of decorative ornaments from visits to multi-chateaux, she responded, "Les guirlandes!" I had an "Ah ha!" moment.
A floral garland at musee Nissim de Camondo.
And another.
Draping this ornate clock golden garlands.
As well as this teapot.
Usually cupids or putti are supporting floral garlands.
More.
Sculptural putti adorned with flowers.
Over many doorways throughout Paris - les guirlandes.
At Versailles
On the walls of the Grand Singerie at chateau de Chantilly.
Why this new obsession with Rococo ornaments, putti and garlands? Because I have reached the hypothetical assumption, if you are surrounded by elaborate design wherever you look, inside or out this has to effect what you create?
There is a long tradition in France of elaborate food and patisserie. But as I learned last night at a lecture by Florence de Dampierre, this is related to cultural changes brought about by the Sun King, Louis XIV. 
Drooling over these divine desserts and think for a moment on their origins and why they spring solely from fantastic pastry artists of France. They most definitely are artistes.
BONNE DROOLING!
