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Norma Skurka. EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY ENGLISH STYLES The eighteenth century is considered the great age of furniture - making , both in England and in France . Design reached a degree of excellence that , connoisseurs of fine antiques ...
Norma Skurka. EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY ENGLISH STYLES The eighteenth century is considered the great age of furniture - making , both in England and in France . Design reached a degree of excellence that , connoisseurs of fine antiques ...
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... century furniture . After the turn of the century , furniture design declined . The English Regency period ( 1811-1820 ) saw a rash of decorative re- vivals and fads that continued into Victorian times . Novelty and oddity held sway ...
... century furniture . After the turn of the century , furniture design declined . The English Regency period ( 1811-1820 ) saw a rash of decorative re- vivals and fads that continued into Victorian times . Novelty and oddity held sway ...
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... century , when machines took over the task , to the twentieth century , where new materials and tech- nology have altered our production methods — and our whole way of life . This style successfully utilizes the newer materials ...
... century , when machines took over the task , to the twentieth century , where new materials and tech- nology have altered our production methods — and our whole way of life . This style successfully utilizes the newer materials ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
A SHORT HISTORY | 19 |
EighteenthCentury English Styles | 26 |
Copyright | |
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