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Folding Table Chair, Oak, 17th Century
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Baroque (Can we call this Baroque? The influence of Solomonic Columns on the legs is a Baroque characteristic, but is that enough?) yes?
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Folding table chair, 17th century
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Convertible chair that becomes a table
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Dark wood (oak)- Exotic woods
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Solomonic column inspired - corkscrew legs
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Dual-function was popular in homes with limited space
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Common in middle class homes
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Dutch Family in Batavia (modern day Jakarta, Indonesia) 1665
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Pieter Cnoll
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Partially occupied by Spain until they revolted, won and joined rest of Netherlands
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Dark colors were influenced by the Spanish
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Dutch society boasted most religious tolerance -- most likely because of spanish oppression
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Most developed Jewish community
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Daniel quote oppressed people after independence tend to still dress like their oppressors (Spain)
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Women wearing bertha collars, ¾ length sleeves
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Shows the high status of the merchant with the servants pictured
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Dutch fashion: gorgeous fabrics, but modest style and neutral colors.
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Lace cravat on man
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Ornamentation with pearls and gold
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Spaniel Ears hairstyle
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Imported Japanese Cabinet on a stand made in England, c. 1670
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lacquering/japanning
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Cabinet on a stand
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Chinese and Japanese began to make objects specifically for export for Western tastes
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European craftsmen started to imitate Asian lacquer
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In Britain the term 'japan' became associated with lacquer in the same way that 'china' was used for porcelain, and the word 'japanned' is still used to describe imitation lacquer.
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Sometimes the decoration is a clear indicator that a piece was made in Europe, if Western motifs are included, or if the scale of the motifs is inconsistent, such as large flowers or birds combined with tiny human figures
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Lacquer became available to European elites, along with other luxury items including silk and porcelain, once Portuguese explorers discovered a sea route to the East around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean.
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Baroque ornamentation on stand (grotesque influence?)
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La Gallerie des Glaces, Versailles, c. 1680
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Versailles, Hall of Mirrors, late 17th century
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Social room
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Mirrors on the walls so they could see themselves and how good they looked- also reflected light into the room
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Parquet floor - wooden blocks in a geometric pattern
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French doors
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Ceilings were painted
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Huge chandeliers to provide more light
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BAROQUE
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All of the furniture was pushed to the sides, and they would pull the chairs out as people wanted to sit.
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Elaborate candle holders, with putti (another word for cherub)
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Statues in niches in the wall
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Pargeting- on the walls and ceilings- build up of plaster to create sculptures
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Bust ←?
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"The Beautiful Woman from Strasbourg", France, 1703
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Nicolas de Largillière
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Regional clothes inspired by the peasant look
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Fichu - Neck scarf--originally to protect neckline from sweat, not practical here.
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Apron - not for cleaning
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Lashing - technique used on sleeves of garment
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French
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Engageantes - under sleeve that sticks out, usually lace
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“Dogs as an element of seduction”
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Type of bi-corn hat (regional type)
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Black as a fashion color (unless this is mourning attire? Doesn’t look like it)
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"The Declaration of Love" 1731, French, late Regency/Early Louis XV period
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Jean François de Troy
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Early 18th century, French Regency
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Sacque-back dress, with box pleats (Sacque is just french for sack, ‘cause it looks like a sack)
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Man is wearing a wig bag--little bag for queue (the little ponytail in the back)
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Powdered hair for men came after powdered hair for women
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Trying to be neoclassical by having themselves painted in front of some classic-lookin’ stuff
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Jabot (ruffles on the chest of men’s shirts)
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Men wearing cravats
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Ditto suit- 3 piece suit- matching vest, pants, jacket are all made of same material- lace cuff also matches lace collar/cravat
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Women wearing Louis heels
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Oriental fabric
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robes à la française (I don’t know if these dresses are fitted enough in the bodice. I think they’re all sacque dresses.
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Voyeuse Chair, Early to mid 18th century, France
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“Voyeuse” feminine version of “voyeur,” like a creeper who gets off on watching other people. (To help remember the name)
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The women used the padded back to rest their arms on while they watched men play games.
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Used during the french regency
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King Louis XIV (the Sun king) dies his son and grandson die → the people RELAX
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Louis great grandson becomes king louis XV but he is still a child until he is of age this time is referred as the regency period
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The regent was Phillipe, Duke of Orleans
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Rococo - light, delicate, pale pastel colors, feminine, plant and floral decorations
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Men's embroidered formalwear ensemble, Great Britain, c. 1780-1790
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c. 1780 men’s formalwear coat
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Orientalism!!
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Cut-away coat
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Jabot- ruffle on front shirt (takes place of cravat)
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Queue- ponytail down center back
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Men’s powdered wigs came after womens’ (kept in wig bag)
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Considered Chinoiserie, although the fruits depicted are more indicative of the Dutch and English presence in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
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typical of the inauthentic and combined view of the east that was present in Chinoiserie
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Charles Honore Launnier, card table, Mahogonay and ormolu, New York 1819
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Charles Honore Launnier, most impressive and important cabinet maker in American History
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Federal furniture, Neoclassical style
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Mahogany = Tree
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Ormolu = gold casting
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EMPIRE AND REGENCY CHARACTERISTICS:
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Sphinxes, lions, swans, caryatids figures are examples of Egyptians and Etruscan motifs, along with Greek/Roman
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Symmetrical
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Claw foot, Greek and Roman CHARACTERISTICS
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Launnier -- furniture designer, was CRAZY about Egypt
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James McNeil Whistler, The Peacock Room, 1876
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This room is an example of orientalism (a hella example of it)
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Anglo-japanese style room
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was once the dining room of Frederick R. Leyland for his porcelain collection, London, England
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designed by architect Thomas Jeckyll
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James McNeil Whistler painted the peacocks and Christina Spartali’s portrait “The Princess from the Land of Porcelain”
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installed in the Smithsonian in 1904.
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Chinoiserie on shelves throughout the room
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John Redfern, trousseau for Princess Beatrice of Great Britain, Harpers Bazar, 1885
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Harper’s Bazar was an early fashion magazine!
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Transitional movement to make new silhouettes
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Butt adornments, rows of pleats
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The overall emphasis on the butt (erogenous zone) “can’t keep a good butt down” -Daniel Cole
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The second bustle period (1883-1889) actually came third!
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Very high neckline
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Modest-sized hats
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Menswear influence
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Harder shape than previous decades
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Draped fabric over bustle, but not nearly as much as the First Bustle Period
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Hillside Home School, Wisconson, 1902
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The beginnings of modernism
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Incorporated landscaping and terrain into design
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Frank Lloyd Wright strove for Organic architecture- promotion of harmony between human habitation and the natural world
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the Hillside School provided a key part of Wright's early resume
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