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| Second Jacobite Rebellion |
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| Publication of the Encyclopedie (Diderot) |
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| Declaration of American Independence |
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| Battle of Waterloo, Fall of Napoleon |
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| 1715-74, Regence until 1723 |
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| National Convention (France) |
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1760-1820, Regency 1811-20 (60 years) |
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| Prussia: Frederick the Great |
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| Russia: Catherine the Great |
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Regence of Philippe Duc d'Orleans, nephew of Louis XIV |
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| Requirement to stamp furniture |
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| The 'Allarde law' abolished guilds |
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| removable upholstered panels |
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| anything classical, Greek taste |
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| armchair in which the area beneath the armrest is upholstered |
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| three drawers, very short legs |
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| Commode a tombeau a la regence |
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| 2 drawers and longer legs |
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| cut outs to be stuck on furniture |
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| prominent gilded bronze mounts, often placed at the corners of commodes, showing women |
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| geometrical marquetry ground, often combined with gilt bronze mounts |
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| Marchands-Merciers (definition) |
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| dealers, suppliers of materials |
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| Marchands-Merciers (Names) |
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| Hebert, Bertin, Poirier, lazare Duvaux |
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| japanning in 18th Century France |
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| Les Passions de l'ame(The Passions of the Soul), 1649 |
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| Principles of Painting, 1708 |
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| French designer, initiated Rococo |
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| Le Sopha, conte moral, 1742 |
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| Germain Boffrand 1667-1754 |
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Livre d'Architecture, 1745
Hotel de Soubise, 1735 |
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| Abbe' Etienne Bonnot de Condillac |
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| Treatise on Sensations, 1754 |
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| Abbe' Etienne Bonnot de Condillac |
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| Treatise on Sensations, 1754 |
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| Nicholas le Camus de Mezieres |
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| Art du menuisier, 1772, names 48 species of wood |
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| Ebeniste, 1635-1732, Gobelin(1660-), Italian master became French citizen |
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1685-1768, sculptor by training, made his own mounts
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| 1642-1732 Boulle marquetry |
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| Ebeniste, Chest of drawers for Louis XV's bed chamber |
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Bernard van Risenburgh |
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| Ebeniste, Blue and White commode |
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| 1678-1755 Bronze mount-maker |
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| Lacquer workers (Verni Martin) |
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| Draughtsman, designer, painter and engraver |
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