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  2. Horror vacui (art) - Wikipedia

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    Italian art critic and scholar Mario Praz used this term to describe the excessive use of ornament in design during the Victorian age. [4] Other examples of horror vacui can be seen in the densely decorated carpet pages of Insular illuminated manuscripts, where intricate patterns and interwoven symbols may have served "apotropaic as well as decorative functions."

  3. LCVP (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood , this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon -sized complement of 36 men to shore at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h).

  4. Hometalk - Wikipedia

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    Hometalk was founded by Yaron Ben Shaul, Miriam Illions and Celeste Kumelos in 2011. In 2012, the company relaunched the Hometalk website with several new features [6] resulting in the acquisition of more than 100,000 members and 400,000 Facebook fans.

  5. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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    Mostly-Victorian.com - Arts, crafts and interior design articles from Victorian periodicals. "Victorian Furniture Styles". Furniture. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19; The history of wallcoverings and wallpaper; Interior design: Victorian - National Trust

  6. Public library - Wikipedia

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    The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class, increased commercial activity and consumption, new radical ideas, massive population growth and higher literacy rates forged the public library into the form that it is today.

  7. History of the chair - Wikipedia

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    According to strict guild regulations in force until the Revolution, French chairmaking was the business of the menuisier alone, whose craft was conjoined with that of the upholsterer (huissier), both of whom specialized in seat-furniture-making in Paris.

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