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edges of the top and ground plates were created with decorative moulding. The rounded shape of the feet, the arched side of the steel rods as well as the styled lines of the columns, brass side plates [...] whimsical volutes on Baroque furniture or instru- ments. The moulding on the ground and top plates’ edges and the ball feet also carry this reference to Baroque style. However, the clarity and symmetry