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clockmakers
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popularity
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aristocracy.
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created
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sculptor
columns
beyond
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create
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rose
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clocks.
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chandeliers.
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also
king,
combination
detailing,
in
rooms
1642,
to
and
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or
cabinetmaker
clocks
found
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to
design.
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masterpieces
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objects,
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and
figures
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way
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Paris
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him
palaces.
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patterns.
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in
Louvre
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French
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