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Monday, December 19, 2011

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 Most commonly, the word “Rococo” is seen as a combination of the French words “rocaille”, meaning stone or pebbles, and “coquilles”, meaning shell, due to its use of these objects as themes of decoration. The rounded and smooth notions of these objects could be recognized anywhere. Rooms decorated in this style usually included many mirrors and large windows, along with wood paneling carved with delicate elements over the top and bottom. All details of the time were loosely based on ribbons, and usually consisted of elongated C or S shapes; later, even in the patterns in gowns, birds, plant tendrils, leaves, shells, and blossoms were common and popular decorations.

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