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conversation piece

  1. a type of genre painting, popular in the 18th cent., which shows a group of people in an appropriate setting
  2. something, as an unusual article of furniture, that attracts attention or invites comment

See conversation piece in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An unusual object that arouses comment or interest.
  2. A genre painting, popular especially in the 18th century, depicting a group of fashionable people.

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