I hope they get rid of it too. I think it is supposed to evoke a kind of baroque/rococo type of style.

As put here,

Philosophes like Voltaire criticized Rococo because it was evidence to the selfish privileges of the nobility. Rococo dwells on the aristocracy’s culture of luxury and excess which was deemed a disrespect to the suffering of most people in France.

https://homework.study.com/explanation/why-might-the-philosophes-have-disliked-the-rococo-style.html