Definition of "period piece" []

• A work of art or drama which evokes a particular historical era (noun)
• A work which evokes the era in which it was produced, but may not have any other especial features (noun)

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• "One difficulty was not having the sketches of the Vatican Museum's period piece with me, but I'm not that daft."