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Chilly Humpday Triviola

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Chilly Humpday Triviola

Brrr! What the heck happened to summer? It's so cold that my pea sized brain is running slow and I can only think of one trivia question but here goes:

The Rococco style of furniture derived it's name from common motifs of the baroque. What motifs were the likely inspirations for the style name?

Tommy

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She sells them by the seashore.

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Only Half Correct

You don't know the half of it....but on the other hand, you do know the other half of it. ;-)

Now let's see if someone can get the rest of it.

Tommy

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Half WAG

My guess this afternoon will be gold flourishes.

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Hint

Rocaille

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Only Half Credit today...Answer

Well Verne gets half of a chrome Unisaw today....

The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille (rock and shell), natural forms prominent in the Italian baroque baroque in art and architecture, a style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th cent.

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