66 articles
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The ''little masters'' of painting
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasThe term "little master of painting" found its consecration with the Dictionary of Little Masters of Painting 1820-1920 by Gérard Schurr and Pierre Cabanne. The expression applies, rightly and [...]
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Slope offices
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasA flagship piece of furniture from the reign of Louis XV, the slope desk is one of the masterpieces of 18th century French cabinetmaking.
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The shepherdess (seat)
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasA bergère is a large armchair with a padded back, with full cheeks, armrests and a cushion on the seat, which appeared around 1720.
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The history of the chest of drawers
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasThe chest of drawers appeared around 1700, around thirty years after the desk.
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Provencal style
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasSophisticated, romantic and vaguely retro, the Provençal style is a furnishing cult for looks that are both chic and country, evoking the charm of old French farmhouses, lavender
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Furniture from Ile de France
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasFrom the Renaissance onwards, Île-de-France experienced a very brilliant artistic boom. Particularly around 1725, when the Court of François I, leaving Touraine, settled there.
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The history of the office
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasMadame de Genlis, governess of the children of France, writes in her memoirs: I was the first woman who had an office, which was much criticized and then almost all women had one.
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The history of consoles
Published : 2021-03-12 | Categories : Default , Styles / ErasIt is under the name of “consonant” or “console table” Havard tells us in his Dictionary of Furnishings that the console appears in old inventories.