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Wartime Gilt: French Furniture of the '40s - exhibit of French furniture made just before, during, and after World War II
As France continues to rethink its recent past, an exhibition outside Paris provided an unprecedented look at the decorative arts of this troubled and ......(Continue Reading) French marquetry - Pictures in Wood: The Hidden Colours of French Furniture, exhibit - Brief Article
The decorative technique of marquetry was first devised in the fifteenth century and has changed little since then. Wood, ivory bone, metal, or other ......(Continue Reading)A new chronology for English walnut - veneered furniture 1670 - 1740
It has long been recognized that the construction of English case furniture during the so-called age of walnut followed a discernible pattern of development ......(Continue Reading)The French rococo revival along the Mississippi River
In his influential Architecture of Country Houses (1850), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) noted: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is, at the present ......(Continue Reading)High-style, mass-produced American furniture
Nineteenth-century furniture and furnishings from Kilian Brothers and M.H. Schrenkeisen are presented. Through economical manufacturing techniques and extensive wholesaling, these two companies were a...(Continue Reading)
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