… could be represented in detail, facilitating the portrayal of tea parties, assemblies and card games. Objects > Art & Luxury Keywords Conversation Painting Portrait Tea-table As the practices, objects and sites of sociability flourished in …
… bring the tray to the height required by European chairs. London furniture-makers began making their own forms for the luxury market in the first decades of the eighteenth century, often using exotic and luxurious materials such as mahogany …
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