enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_furniture

   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 large amounts ...

3. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_furniture

   Another small table was the cabaret or á café table, with a small marble top and long legs, on which coffee or drinks could be served. The version introduced in 1770 featured geometric designs and a neoclassical frieze around the plateau. [16] Another popular type of small table was the Table de toilette, or dressing table.

4. East Room - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Room

   By the end of the Polk administration in January 1849, the East Room was adorned with three chandeliers, three "pier glasses" (mirrors), red damask window drapes, white muslin window curtains, four new sofas, 24 new chairs, three large tables (placed in the center of the room), four pier tables with marble tops, a large carpet, four new ...

5. List of chairs - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chairs

   Dining chair, designed to be used at a dining table; typically, dining chairs are part of a dining set, where the chairs and table feature similar or complementary designs. The oldest known depiction of dining chairs is a seventh-century BCE bas-relief of an Assyrian king and queen on very high chairs. [20]

6. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(furniture)

   A further development in this direction was the "birdcage" table, the top of which could both revolve and tilt. Chess table; Pembroke tables, first introduced during the 18th century, were popular throughout the 19th century. Their main characteristic was a rectangular or oval top with folding or drop leaves on each side. Most examples have one ...

7. AOL.com - News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Local & Lifestyle

   www.aol.com

   AOL latest headlines, entertainment, sports, articles for business, health and world news.