conversation piece
- a type of genre painting, popular in the 18th cent., which shows a group of people in an appropriate setting
- something, as an unusual article of furniture, that attracts attention or invites comment
See conversation piece in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- An unusual object that arouses comment or interest.
- A genre painting, popular especially in the 18th century, depicting a group of fashionable people.
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