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2. Vitrine (historic furniture) - Wikipedia

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   In French, a variety of display cases, such as a store sales table or the Perspex glass protecting a piece of ceramics in a museum display, can be referred to as a vitrine. Additionally, a large event which is designed to exhibit or showcase merchandise, a topic or theme, can also be referred to as a vitrine, such as a "vitrine d'excellence".

3. Louis XIV furniture - Wikipedia

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   Rooms were dominated by massive cabinets, decorated with columns, frontons, pilasters, balustrades, niches and other decoration which matched the elaborate carved wood paneling, called lambris, placed as squares or rectangles on the walls, and the sculpted ceilings with similar decorations. Cabinets, tables and chairs were geometric.

4. Bureau du Roi - Wikipedia

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   The Bureau du Roi (French pronunciation: [byʁo dy ʁwa], 'the King's desk'), also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk (French: Secrétaire à cylindre de Louis XV), is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV's reign, and is now again in the Palace of Versailles.

5. Category:French cabinetmakers - Wikipedia

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6. André-Charles Boulle - Wikipedia

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   Cabinet on Stand; Attributed to André-Charles Boulle (French, 1642–1732, master before 1666), and medallions after Jean Varin (French, 1596–1672); Paris, France; about 1675–1680; Oak veneered with pewter, brass, tortoise shell, horn, ebony, ivory, and wood marquetry; bronze mounts; figures of painted and gilded oak; with drawers of snakewood

7. 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 ...