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What an Old Furniture Catalogue Can Teach Us About Decorating

FurnitureA carved black walnut sideboard of about 1853, its upper tier crowned with scrollwork and its cupboard doors mounted with high-relief carvings of game and fruit.

1948: The Rise of the Sideboard

FurnitureRocking chair in maple, pine and mahogany

One Sitting Room, Forty Years Apart

JournalSide chair in oak with brass and embossed leather upholstery

Upholstery Notes in a Steady Hand, 1962

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French Art Deco furniture and decoration in Ruhlmann's small salon, 1925 colour plate: pale panelled walls edged in gilt, a tiered crystal chandelier, a gilded relief above a mirror, a dark desk with a slatted lid, a cream armchair and a round painted panel of birds before the fireplace

French Art Deco Furniture: Ruhlmann’s Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exposition

Art Nouveau & Art DecoBaroque furniture: a tall state bed hung with blue silk damask, with a deep fringed canopy and curtains, shown in a dark museum gallery beside an upholstered armchair

Baroque Furniture: The Roman Baroque Bed

Baroque & RococoDark wooden cabinet with asymmetrical stepped shelves and small open compartments above, gold and red carved panels in the lower doors and a pierced brass grille at the centre

Japonisme: How Japanese Art and Design Reshaped Western Interiors

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