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2. Louis XVI style - Wikipedia

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   Motifs and ornaments. The decorative motifs of Louis XVI style were inspired by antiquity, the Louis XIV style, and nature.Characteristic elements of the style: a torch crossed with a sheath with arrows, imbricated disks, guilloché, double bow-knots, smoking braziers, linear repetitions of small motifs (rosettes, beads, oves), trophy or floral medallions hanging from a knotted ribbon ...

3. Wine rack - Wikipedia

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   Wine racks at Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago's Sixteen. A wine rack is a set of shelves for the organized storage of wine. Wine racks can be built out of a number of different materials. The size of the rack and the number of bottles it can hold can vary widely. Wine racks can be located in a winemaker’s professional wine cellar ...

4. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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   It was designed to stand against a wall, and appeared in about 1750. It often featured a marquetry in a geometric pattern resembling cubes of dark and light wood, a design very popular in the last years of the Louis XV period. The Bonheur-du-jour was a small desk with cabinet which appeared in about 1760. Following the new style of the late ...

5. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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   Aquarium furniture. Bar furniture. Children's furniture. Door furniture. Hutch. Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables) Stadium seating. Street furniture. Sword furniture – on Japanese swords ( katana, wakizashi, tantō) all parts save the blade are referred to as "furniture".

6. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   History. With the death of Louis XV on May 10, 1774, his grandson Louis XVI became King of France at age twenty. The new king had little interest in the arts, but his wife, Marie-Antoinette, and her brothers-in-law, the Comte de Provence (the future Louis XVIII) and the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), were deeply interested in the arts, gave their protection to artists, and ordered ...

7. Louis XIV style - Wikipedia

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   The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze ( / ˌluːi kæˈtɔːrz, - kəˈ -/ LOO-ee ka-TORZ, -⁠ kə-, French: [lwi katɔʁz] ⓘ ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign. It featured majesty, harmony and regularity. It became the official style during ...