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The Empire Period Antique Chair

Monday, February 8th, 2010

The Empire Antique Chair Unlike some design periods, Empire is relatively easy to pin down as it relates to a specific series of expeditions and government changes. The expeditions would be Napoleon’s discoveries in Egypt and the government changes refer to Napoleon’s changing of the French Republic in to an Empire. But we are here [...]