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  2. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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    [3] The style of Queen Anne's reign is sometimes described as late Baroque rather than "Queen Anne." [4] [5] The Queen Anne style began to evolve during the reign of William III of England (1689-1702), [6] but the term predominantly describes decorative styles from the mid-1720s to around 1760, although Queen Anne reigned earlier (1702-1714).

  3. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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    Aronson, Joseph. The Encyclopedia of Furniture. 3rd edition.New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1965. Bedel, Jean. Le grand guide des styles.Paris: Hachette, 1996. Boyce ...

  5. Eastlake movement - Wikipedia

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    Eastlake's book led to a demand in Eastlake furniture; however, Eastlake himself denied that there was an Eastlake style. This led to furniture manufacturers—who initially thought that Eastlake's ideas would be more harmful than good—to invent their own Eastlake furniture, with it reaching a point that it was "seen everywhere". [3]

  6. Drop-leaf table - Wikipedia

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    A drop-leaf table is a table that has a fixed section in the center and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folded down (dropped). If the leaf is supported by a bracket when folded up, the table is simply a drop-leaf table; if the leaf is supported by legs that swing out from the center, it is known as a gateleg table. Depending ...

  7. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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    Ancient beds found in the tombs of Tutankhamen and Hetepheres tended to resemble that of an animal, usually a bull. The beds sloped up towards the head, and down towards the foot. To prevent the sleeper from falling off the bed, there was a wooden footboard. Wood or ivory headrests were used instead of pillows.

  8. Bed skirt - Wikipedia

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    A bed skirt, sometimes spelled bedskirt, a bed ruffle, a dust ruffle in North America, a valance, [1] or a valance sheet in the British Isles, is a piece of decorative fabric that is placed between the mattress and the box spring of a bed that extends to the floor around the sides.

  9. Davenport desk - Wikipedia

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    A Davenport desk, (sometimes originally known as a Devonport desk [1]) is a small desk originating in England with an inclined lifting desktop attached with hinges to the back of the body. Lifting the desktop accesses a large compartment with storage space for paper and other writing implements, and smaller spaces in the forms of small drawers ...

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