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In terms of furniture, the name of époque Louis XIV is mostly applied to the later years of his reign. The cabinet d'apparat (luxury cabinet) which I am discussing now, dated to 1670-1680, is earlier to that refined period. In its general look it is a Renaissance furniture, heavily decorated. The cabinet proper is nicely decorated with a marquetry of flowers, but it is mounted on six legs made o…