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	The Napoleon III style covers the late 19th C. It is an eclectic style borrowing from all preceding periods. &nbsp;Industrialisation has led to new methods and new materials such as paper-mache. &nbsp;The furniture is often in veneer and richly &nbsp;decorated with a return to <a href="http://www.antiques-in-france.com/oter_item/boulle-marquetry">Boulle marquetry</a>, &nbsp;vernis Martin or black lacquer. Parisian cabinet-makers gather in the Faubourg St Antoine to sell to the emerging middle classes. It is in this period that nests of tables appear.</p>