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Secrétaire à abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris). French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon and Liège, retained cultural identities ...
Directoire style (French pronunciation: [diʁɛktwaʁ] ⓘ) was a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design in France concurrent with the Directory (November 2, 1795–November 10, 1799), the later part of the French Revolution.
It featured Roman and Greek motifs. The later furniture featured decorative elements of Chinoiserie and other exotic styles. [1] Louis XV furniture was designed not for the vast palace state rooms of the Versailles of Louis XIV, but for the smaller, more intimate salons created by Louis XV and by his mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame ...
The chairs were upholstered either with leather or with tapestry. The feet of chairs were either en gain, or geometric and tapering, or en console, with a curved S form. An early version of the sofa appeared, a canapé which looked like two armchairs joined together. In the later period of the Louis XIV style, the amount of decoration on the ...
Georges Jacob in 1793. Georges Jacob (6 July 1739 – 5 July 1814) was one of the two most prominent Parisian master menuisiers.He produced carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the Neoclassical style that is associated with Louis XVI furniture.
Bellange Furniture at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Bellangé sidechair at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center A gilded Bellangé swan motif Swan motif in a Bellangé sidechair Fauteuil also with a swan motif. Pierre-Antoine Bellangé (1757–1827) was a French ébéniste (cabinetmaker) working in Paris. Bellangé held an ...