18th Century French Louis XIV Walnut Bookcase
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- Louis Xiv - Louis XIV (1638 ? 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, ruled through Cardinal Mazarin as chief minister from 1643 to 1661 and as monarch of the House of Bourbon and King of France and Navarre from 1661 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is one of the longest in French and European history.
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bookcases, function or type
- French 227
- open fronted 160
- bookcases, material - walnut and burr walnut 197
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