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Rococo style vs Baroque furniture: the Baroque side, a Rome console table with scrolled legs carved with female busts, a gilded base and a green porphyry top

Rococo Style vs Baroque Furniture: How to Tell the Two Apart

Baroque & RococoAntique French clock of about 1745, a gilt-bronze mantel clock with a scrolling case, small Chinese figures and a white enamel dial, shown against a gray backdrop

How to Identify an Antique French Mantel Clock: Signatures, Stamps and Cases

FrenchDark indigo kimono-shaped coverlet with long sleeves, a large pale-blue round crest at the chest and a painted spiny lobster tangled in rope below

The Japanese Bedroom: Tatami, Futon and a Room Built for Sleep

Asian · JapaneseVictorian bedroom furniture: a tall ebonized bedstead with gilt ornament, a half canopy over the head and a panelled footboard, photographed against a grey studio ground

The Victorian Bedroom: Furniture, Beds and Period Detail

English · VictorianTatami room in an Edo-period woodblock print: diners seated on green mats around low dishes, a window view of Mount Fuji at the left and a shoji panel at the right

The Tatami Room: How a Japanese Room Is Built and Used

Asian · JapaneseColour woodblock print of a man and a woman seated on the floor of a room, with a hanging scroll in an alcove behind them, a window at the right and lines of calligraphy at the left

Japanese Interior Design: Principles, Materials and How to Get the Look

Asian · JapaneseBlack-and-white photograph of a long carved walnut daybed with cabriole legs, a carved scalloped apron and a high upholstered back topped by a pierced shell cresting

French Provincial Furniture: What the Name Means, and What It Doesn’t

French Provincial

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Black lacquered three-tier stand with scrolled shelf outlines, gilt and mother-of-pearl decoration, a small mirror in a gilded scrolling frame at the top and turned legs

Complete Guide to Victorian Decor

English · VictorianGas lamp in gilt bronze and glass

How to Light a Room Like a Photographer

LightingCommode in walnut veneered with amaranth and bois satine

Complete Guide to French Vintage Decor

French ProvincialPattern book in paper

Reading Wallpaper: Patterns and Their Dates

JournalNanban cabinet with lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl inlay, and gilt-bronze fittings

Complete Guide to Japandi and Wabi-Sabi

Asian · JapaneseHigh chest of drawers in sweet gum, yellow poplar, yellow pine and white oak

Buying Vintage Furniture: A Complete Guide

Furniture
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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

Asian · Japanese