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Italian Renaissance Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Italy
The Renaissance, a term that has never been satisfactorily defined, began in Italy somewhere about the antique theatre chair scroll iron 1800 end of the how much is an empire bureau worth fourteenth century. It means, roughly, the thomas sheraton twin bed revival in Europe of Greek and Roman ideals in [...]

Middle Ages Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

THE MIDDLE AGES
For centuries after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century AD there is no clear picture of the development of individual domestic furniture styles in Western Europe. Byzantium was now the capital of the Eastern Empire and of the Christian Church, and such pieces as can be dated and [...]