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Rocaille (US: /roʊˈkaɪ, rɒˈkaɪ/ ro(h)-KY, French: [ʁɔkɑj]) was a
French style of
exuberant decoration, with an
abundance of curves, counter-curves, undulations...
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formal and
geometric Louis XIV style. It was
known as the "style
Rocaille", or "
Rocaille style". It soon
spread to
other parts of Europe,
particularly northern...
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became more original,
decorative and exuberant, in what was
known as the
Rocaille style,
under the
influence of the King's mistress,
Madame de Pompadour...
- Seed
beads or
rocailles are
uniformly shaped,
spheroidal beads ranging in size from
under a
millimeter to
several millimeters. Seed bead is also a generic...
- the
fashion called rocaille. From
about 1750 to the King's
death in 1774, a
reaction set in
against the
excesses of the
rocaille. The
Louis XV style...
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Annalisa P.
Cignitti (23 May 2012). "Michèle Lamy".
Rocaille. Virbilla, S.
Irene (26
April 1998). "Les Deux Cafes'Inside Story". Los...
- The
Rocaille egg is one of the Fabergé eggs
created in the
workshop of
Peter Carl Fabergé for the
wealthy Russian industrialist Alexander Kelch who presented...
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ornate variant,
appeared in the
early 18th century; it was
first called Rocaille in France; then
Rococo in
Spain and
Central Europe. The
sculpted and painted...
- By the 1730s, it had
evolved into an even more
flamboyant style,
called rocaille or Rococo,
which appeared in
France and
Central Europe until the mid to...
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graceful and
sometimes bold and original. His
furniture features strong rocaille elements. He was
appointed by
Louis XV
Dessinateur de la
chambre et du...
