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23 hours ago · Plaster cast mask sculpture of La Belle Italienne from 19th-20th centuries 12 Inches High x 8.5 Inches Wide x 6 Inches Deep Cast comes with hook for Caproni Collection Plaster Cast Sculpture of La Belle Italienne (Item #744)
4 days ago · Venus de Milo, ancient statue commonly thought to represent Aphrodite, now in Paris at the Louvre. It was carved from marble by Alexandros about 150 BCE and was found in pieces on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The name “plaster of Paris” comes from its origin as a material made by heating gypsum from a deposit located near Montmartre, a hill in the north end of Paris. Why is plaster of Paris used in hospitals?
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4 days ago · Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate, widely known as Plaster of Paris (POP), is a quick-setting gypsum plaster that has stood the test of time, dating back to antiquity.
1 day ago · In 1667, 22 year-old John Storer inherited estates in Walton from his father and the 'title and term of years in a Close of Pasture in Burton on the Wolds called Plaster Pitt Close'. John later became a local benefactor and is commemorated in the name of John Storer House in Loughborough.
3 days ago · Art Deco took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, though the diverse styles that characterised it had already appeared in Paris and Brussels before World War I.
5 days ago · The Canyon Cuff, a chunky gold bracelet, comes plain ($7,550) or diamond-studded ($14,450). Its curves evoke the boulders, crags, and fissures carved by erosion in places like Big Bend.
