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Rococo

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Name given to a debased style of architecture, overlaid with a tasteless, senseless profusion of fantastic ornamentation, without unity of design or purpose, which prevailed in France and elsewhere in the 18th century.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rococo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/rococo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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