A Look at the Lineage of Home Decor; Exhibit Traces and Helps Define the Biedermeier Style
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › October 24, 2006
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Though it sells for fetching sums at auction and has captured the attention of high-profile collectors such as Oprah Winfrey, furniture in the Biedermeier style has not been well understood - until now, according to the organizers of the "Biedermeier: The Invention of Simplicity" exhibit on view until Jan. 1 at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
What is "pure" Biedermeier style has been redefined by the show and in its 400-page exhibition catalog, featuring contributions by some of the world's best-known authorities on the subject.See the full content of this document
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A Look at the Lineage of Home Decor; Exhibit Traces and Helps Define the Biedermeier Style
What is it, exactly? The furniture style was a "cult of simplicity" and a reaction against the excesses of the Baroque period. Biedermeier ho...
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