Expensive woods such as teak or mahogany, marble, stone and other materials used to make expensive furniture are often imitated by a painted surface. Faux finishes have been used since the days of ...

His last name was Lepaute. He was born in 1720 and died in 1789 in Paris. He didn't make ordinary clocks. He made clocks for kings and queens. It has a wonderful satinwood base with this decorative ...

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ELIZABETH CONNOR, Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, has written (Leaf. 189, Astro. Soc. Pac, Nov. 1944) a short account of the astronomical work of Mme. Lepaute, whom ...