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American soldiers admired the architecture of rural France and who returned from the war they built homes in the style. In the United States the style remained popular though the 1920s. [1] By 1932 nearly one in three homes in America had French Provincial design elements.The style fell out of favor in the 1930s, [6] but had a resurgence in the ...
Monseigneur le Duc de Berry. Petit-fils de France ("Grandson of France"). This was the style and rank accorded to the sons of the fils de France, who were themselves the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. However, as surnames, they used the paternal main peerage title. Females had the style petite-fille de France ("Granddaughter of France").
General characteristics of a French Colonial dwelling included a raised basement which would support the floor of the home's primary living quarters. Exterior stairs were another common element; the stairs would often climb up to a distinctive, full-length veranda or "gallery", on a home's façade. The roof over the veranda was normally part of ...
A classic rural New France home on the Île d'Orléans. Hundreds of family houses were built during the period of New France. This particular style houses date back to the 17th and 18th centuries and occurs especially in Quebec City, Île d'Orléans, and along the countryside. They were specially built to withstand cold weather and look very ...
Maison de Jeanne (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ də ʒan], lit. ' Jeanne's House ' ) is a 15th century house in Sévérac-le-Château , Aveyron , France. It was named for the last known owner of the building and is thought to be one of the oldest houses in Aveyron.
Provence, in the southeast corner of France, corresponds with the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the departments of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse.
The Parisian firm of Jules Allard and Sons (or Jules Allard et Fils), in business between 1878 and Allard's death in 1907, was one of the most notable interior decorating houses of the turn of the twentieth century. The firm opened a New York branch in 1885.
The Plantagenet style or Angevine Gothic is an architectural style of western France, mainly of the second half of 12th and the 13th century. By Eugène Viollet-le-Duc it was called "Style ogivale Plantagenêt", [1] something like "Plantagenet Ribs Style". It is named by the House of Anjou-Plantagenet.