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2. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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   A Roman hanging lamp or chandelier. Hanging lighting devices, some described as chandeliers, were known since ancient times, and circular ceramic lamps with multiple points for wicks or candles were used in the Roman period. [11] [12] The Roman terms lychnuchus or lychnus, however, can refer to candlestick, floor lamps, candelabra, or ...

3. Shelf (storage) - Wikipedia

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   A shelf (pl.: shelves) [1] is a flat, horizontal plane used for items that are displayed or stored in a home, business, store, or elsewhere. It is raised off the floor and often anchored to a wall , supported on its shorter length sides by brackets , or otherwise anchored to cabinetry by brackets, dowels , screws , or nails .

4. IKEA - Wikipedia

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   The showroom usually consists of simulated room settings where customers can see the actual furniture in use, e.g.: a living-room with a sofa, a TV set, a bookcase and a dining table, accessorized with plants, cushions, rugs, lamps, plates, glasses and cutlery.

5. 19th-century London - Wikipedia

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   By 1878 the Reading Room contained 1.5 million printed volumes across some 25 miles of shelves. [ 152 ] [ 151 ] The great complex of museums at South Kensington began with the purchase of a vast tract of land (known as Albertopolis ) at the instigation of the Prince Consort and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 . [ 153 ]

6. Moscow - Wikipedia

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   Moscow is home to the third-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, [171] and has the highest number of billionaires of any city in Europe. It is the financial center of Russia and home to the country's largest banks and many of its largest companies, such as oil giant Rosneft. Moscow accounts for 17% of retail sales in Russia ...

7. Le Corbusier - Wikipedia

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   Le Corbusier designed furniture, carpets and lamps to go with the building, all purely functional; the only decoration was a choice of interior colours. The only mildly decorative features of the building were the ventilator shafts on the roof, which Le Corbusier made to look like the smokestacks of an ocean liner, a functional form that he ...