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Baroque
An extravagant and heavily ornate style of architecture, furniture, and decoration that originated in 17th century Italy. See Style Guide. The Italian equivalent of French rococo. Irregularly shaped, overly fantastic design. Used as a general term to denote a style of furniture common in the early 18th century. The word comes from a 16th century Italian architect who was called Barrochio.
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