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That deck-of-card dish, for example, is a nod to late 18th century Claude Fayolle piquet cards, whereas a floral cake stand has its origins in a 1799 print from Sydenham Teak Edwards’s The Botanical Magazine.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2021
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