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2. Surtout de table - Wikipedia

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   A surtout de table is an ornamental centrepiece displayed on a formal dining table, "a large centerpiece with mirrored plateaus and numerous candelabra and other possible display pieces on top". [1] In French surtout de table is the usual term for any type of centrepiece, but in English this "tray" type, along with the objects placed on it, is ...

3. Centrepiece - Wikipedia

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   Rococo silver centrepiece of the Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim, 1763 A surtout de table tray centrepiece at the Hôtel de Charost, home of the ambassador of Great Britain, Paris Joseph Fauchier, c. 1760, Musée de la Faïence de Marseille. A centrepiece or centerpiece is an important item of a display, usually of a table setting. [1]

4. French furniture - Wikipedia

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   Secrétaire à abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris). French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon and Liège, retained cultural identities ...

5. 9 Dining Table Decor Ideas For Hosting Grand Dinner Parties - AOL

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6. Table-setting - Wikipedia

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   Fanny Brate's 1901 A Day of Celebration shows two girls decorating a table; the background is a painting of an undecorated medieval table surround by waiting diners.. Early dining tables were purely functional; the term "setting the table" originated in the middle ages to describe setting a board on two trestles to provide a temporary surface on which to set food. [4]

7. Directoire style - Wikipedia

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   Directoire style (French pronunciation: [diʁɛktwaʁ] ⓘ) was a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design in France concurrent with the Directory (November 2, 1795–November 10, 1799), the later part of the French Revolution.