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… available throughout the eighteenth century. The technical improvements of marquetry allowed craftsmen to create varying patterns of colour alternating different types of woods imported from all over the world and contrasting with the … of the Edit de Nantes in 1685. These aesthetic influences on furniture can be seen in Thomas Chippendale’s famous pattern book The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director , published in 1754. They were often merged with more …
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