GETTY CENTRE – DECORATIVE ARTS

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WunderkammerA cabinet of curiosities could be a whole room with museum-like displays. Where objects from the natural world and art or combinations of both are exhibited. 
BauhausGerman school for Design, Fine Art and Architecture among other subjects. Run in Germany from 1919 – 1933.
Lit à la polonaiseIn the polish style, referring to the type of canopy of the bed.

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French Cabinet: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RKD

Italian Basin: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103QSD

German Display Cabinet: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RS0

French Bed: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SN