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  2. Cheval mirror - Wikipedia

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    The cheval comes from the French: cheval, "horse". Different explanations are given for the reason of its use: "horse" is a name for the adjustment pulley; [1] [2] cheval in a meaning of support framework (cf. French: chevalet, "easel"); [4] overall bulkiness and heavy weight; [5] large mirror size that allowed a horse to be seen in its ...

  3. Louis XIV furniture - Wikipedia

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    Oak veneered with pewter, brass, tortoise shell, horn, ebony, ivory, and wood marquetry; bronze mounts; figures of painted and gilded oak; drawers of snakewood (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles) The furniture of Louis XIV was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of ...

  4. Louvre - Wikipedia

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    Louis XIV style cabinet on stand; by André Charles Boulle; c. 1690 –1710; oak frame, resinous wood and walnut, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, brass and pewter marquetry, and ormolu Louis XVI style commode of Madame du Barry ; 1772; oak frame, veneer of pearwood, rosewood and kingwood, soft-paste Sèvres porcelain , gilded bronze, white marble ...

  5. Casket with Scenes of Romances (Walters 71264) - Wikipedia

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    By this period, Paris was the main European centre of ivory carving, producing large numbers of religious and secular objects, including small diptychs with religious scenes that used the same relief technique; these and smaller secular objects such as mirror-cases are more common than these caskets, [4] or larger religious statues like the ...

  6. Baroque - Wikipedia

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    The buildings are single-room basilicas, deep main chapel, lateral chapels (with small doors for communication), without interior and exterior decoration, simple portal and windows. It is a practical building, allowing it to be built throughout the empire with minor adjustments, and prepared to be decorated later or when economic resources are ...

  7. Cheval - Wikipedia

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    Cheval may refer to: Cheval, Florida, United States; Cheval tree, a tree native to North Agalega Island; Cheval mirror, a full-length floor-standing mirror mounted in a frame that allows it to swing freely; Cheval, loan word from French meaning horse meat

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