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... furniture are secondary pro- cesses compared with construction and design . Some of the best and most expressive furniture forms , such as the Greek klismos chair and the English Windsor chair , are quite independent of imagery or ...
... furniture are secondary pro- cesses compared with construction and design . Some of the best and most expressive furniture forms , such as the Greek klismos chair and the English Windsor chair , are quite independent of imagery or ...
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English furniture Renais- sance chairs Influence of Oriental decorative techniques Gobelins factory New forms of. Figure 66 : Renaissance furniture from the Sala dei Pappagalli in the Palazzo Davanzati , Florence , 15th and 16th ...
English furniture Renais- sance chairs Influence of Oriental decorative techniques Gobelins factory New forms of. Figure 66 : Renaissance furniture from the Sala dei Pappagalli in the Palazzo Davanzati , Florence , 15th and 16th ...
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... furniture . The straight and simple lines of Japanese design served as a source of inspiration . The re- sult was the aesthetic , or artistic , style ; its chief exponents , producing both designs and furniture , were Edward God- win ...
... furniture . The straight and simple lines of Japanese design served as a source of inspiration . The re- sult was the aesthetic , or artistic , style ; its chief exponents , producing both designs and furniture , were Edward God- win ...
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