End of the Rococo and the beginning of the Colonial styles

Updated May 1 2019 - 3:48pm, first published 12:30pm

In 1770 while Lieutenant Cook was charting the East coast of Australia, on the other side of the world Marie Antoinette was marrying the future Louis XVI of France, this moment coincidentally marking the end of the Rococo and the beginning of the Colonial styles.

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