Antique Collector's Directory of Period Detail: How to Identify the Key Characteristics, Shapes, and Forms of Period StylesA guide to the characteristic shapes and styles of different periods. Each major style is examined in depth from a number of perspectives. |
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Contents | 19 |
FROM BAROQUE TO ROCOCO | 25 |
NEOCLASSICAL DIRECTIONS | 89 |
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