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Rococo Revival

Rococo Revival

There is so much Rococo revival glop in the Flagler mansion in Palm Beach it makes you want to poke your eyes out, or at least go to Ikea and stare at cardboard boxes till your vision recovers. That was the drawing room, with the art case Steinway grand piano. The music room has it’s own organ. Flagler was a partner in Standard Oil, and then went on to build a railway down the East Coast of Florida and invent…

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