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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 114237, member: 25"]You might call it Hollywood Regency. It is a (mid?)20th C reproduction, probably quite expensive when new. The name would be readable if the picture was clearer, but it's a mixture of flash burn and darkness. It is just a matter of knowing the style of the lettering which is a bit art nouveau inspired.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nouveau riche of an earlier era would have loved it, nowadays they seem to buy pastel painted industrial work benches instead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 114237, member: 25"]You might call it Hollywood Regency. It is a (mid?)20th C reproduction, probably quite expensive when new. The name would be readable if the picture was clearer, but it's a mixture of flash burn and darkness. It is just a matter of knowing the style of the lettering which is a bit art nouveau inspired. The nouveau riche of an earlier era would have loved it, nowadays they seem to buy pastel painted industrial work benches instead.[/QUOTE]
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