Mechanical furniture appeared during the Antiquity, but reached picks of ingenuity in the 18th century, between 1750 and 1789. At the starting point of mechanical arts, clockmakers, gunsmiths and locksmiths created a multitude of complex and sometimes eccentric machines.
This book studies the story of these sober, pure, aesthetic pieces of furniture, often created in Mahogany wood. It presents a great number of unpublished pieces.
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17th, 18th and 19th century furniture
LA MARQUETERIE DE PAILLE...
RUSSIAN FURNITURE OF THE XVIIITH CENTURY
IN THE MOSCOW ...
LES MEUBLES DE PIERRES DURES DE LOUIS XIV ET L'ATELIER ...
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