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The British Regency era (1811–1820) was a period of striking stylistic transformation, shaped by political upheaval, expanding global exchange, and renewed fascination with the classical world.
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The Scarf Dance table centrepiece is one of the most iconic expressions of the Art Nouveau style, embodying the principles of organic form and movement and the representation of the now liberated female form.
Marion Mahony Griffin is best known for her work on the designs for Canberra, however the early years of her career are less well known. Mahony graduated as an architect in Boston in 1894, being just the second woman in America to graduate with an architectural degree.
The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, was an American Protestant sect of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.