| Different countries produce different
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| | ornamented with shells and scrollwork and
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| types of woods. And produces different
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| | similar patterns, and until one grows
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| type of furniture each unique in their
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| | accustomed to it, the dictionary
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| own styles. And the development of these
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| | definition of 'tastelessly florid or
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| different styles of wood products was
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| | ornate' may often be thought to apply. To
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| also due to the encouragements from their
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| | our eyes it is noticeable principally for
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| rulers and influential people.
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| | a generous use of curved. lines, and an
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| Furniture made on the mainland of Europe
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| | 'unbalanced' look. Out of its elaborate
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| varied from country to country, but both
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| | setting there is no doubt that Louis XV
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| craftsmen and ideas were interchanged
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| | furniture appears very showy, but when it
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| from time to time. Local tastes and the
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| | is seen in the rooms for which it was
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| use of local timbers often played a part
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| | designed it takes its place unobtrusively
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| in creating a fashion that spread
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| | in the decorative scheme.
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| eventually from east to west. There is no
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| | The French had a liking during the
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| space here to deal with the detailed
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| | eighteenth century for small tables and
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| history of the subject in each individual
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| | cabinets, chests of drawers (called
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| land, but some general notes may be
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| | commodes), large writing tables with
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| helpful. French furniture, having
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| | leather-covered tops having a row of
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| attained a worldwide interest and
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| | drawers beneath and tall legs, and
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| importance, is described at greater
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| | upright cabinets with drop-down fronts
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| length.
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| | concealing a writing space. Veneering was
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| France
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| | the usual decoration, aided by parquetry
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| French furniture of the sixteenth and
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| | and marquetry set off with ormolu
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| seventeenth centuries is not greatly
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| | mountings. When compared with the
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| different from that made elsewhere in
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| | sophisticated outside appearance, most of
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| Europe at those dates. However, the
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| | the pieces exhibit very rough finishing
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| principal wood used in England was oak,
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| | of the woodwork not usually seen, and a
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| but in France it was walnut, which was
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| | glance at the inside or underneath of a
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| plentiful there. Just as many foreign
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| | piece will prove this.
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| workers came to London, so did others to
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| | Many of the small tables and cabinets are
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| Paris; it is almost impossible to
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| | supported on delicately curved cabriole
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| distinguish an Italian-made cabinet from
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| | legs so slight that it is a wonder they
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| one made in France by an Italian
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| | can stand without breaking. Chests of
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| craftsman. It was not until the end of
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| | drawers always have a slab of colored
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| the seventeenth century that French
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| | marble as the top, and many other pieces
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| furniture gained its recognizable
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| | are similarly finished. Chairs and
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| distinction. The first to give his name
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| | settees were carved usually of
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| to a style there was Andre Charles Boulle
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| | beech-wood, sometimes finished with
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| (1642-1732), who perfected marquetry,
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| | gilding and sometimes painted in pale
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| originating in Italy, employing
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| | colors. Mirror-frames were gilt, and are
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| tortoiseshell and brass which was used
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| | often very like English ones of the same
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| mostly on furniture veneered with ebony.
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| | date.
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| This is known now either as Boulle or
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| | Different countries used different types
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| Buhl work, and the majority of it that
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| | of woods. In England they mostly used the
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| has survived was made in Victorian times,
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| | oak, but in France it was walnut, which
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| or later. Old work of the eighteenth
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| | was plentiful there. Some time the
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| century is very valuable ($3,000 to
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| | cabinet made in Italia and France are
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| $6,000 for a piece would not be
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| | difficult to distinguish from one
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| considered extraordinary), but the
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| | another. There were great differences in
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| nineteenth-century copies fetch a tenth
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| | their price tags as well with their
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| or so of this.
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| | production ages. Monarch Louis XV
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| Louis XV
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| | extravagant furniture designs known as
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| This monarch has his name coupled with
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| | Rococo. He designs different styles of
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| the most extravagant of furniture
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| | furniture with different types of woods
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| designs, known as Rococo; a style that
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| | that suits his tastes.
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| spread throughout Europe. The term means
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