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... 18th century and especially during the Rococo period , the case that concealed the weights ac- quired more dramatic form : richly inlaid wooden surfaces were framed and adorned by magnificently gilded Rococo ornaments in bronze . The ...
... 18th century and especially during the Rococo period , the case that concealed the weights ac- quired more dramatic form : richly inlaid wooden surfaces were framed and adorned by magnificently gilded Rococo ornaments in bronze . The ...
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... 18th century ; more often it was employed in conjunction with intaglio ( Tiefschnitt ) . By the turn of the 18th century the engravers of this area - anonymous workmen regarded as artisans rather than as artists - had acquired great ...
... 18th century ; more often it was employed in conjunction with intaglio ( Tiefschnitt ) . By the turn of the 18th century the engravers of this area - anonymous workmen regarded as artisans rather than as artists - had acquired great ...
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Figure 20 : Eighteenth - century American woman wearing full - skirted dress with pointed bodice , rounded neck , and close - fitting sleeves ruffled at the elbow . " Deborah Hall , " oil painting by William Williams , 1,766 . In the ...
Figure 20 : Eighteenth - century American woman wearing full - skirted dress with pointed bodice , rounded neck , and close - fitting sleeves ruffled at the elbow . " Deborah Hall , " oil painting by William Williams , 1,766 . In the ...
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