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The furniture of Louis XIV was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of King Louis XIV of France (1660–1690). After about 1690, thanks in large part to the furniture designer André Charles Boulle , a more original and delicate style appeared, sometimes known as ...
The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze (/ ˌ l uː i k æ ˈ t ɔːr z,-k ə ˈ-/ LOO-ee ka-TORZ, - kə-, French: [lwi katɔʁz] ⓘ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign. It featured majesty, harmony and regularity.
Louis XIV as a young child, unknown painter Baptismal certificate, 1638. Louis XIV was born on 5 September 1638 in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. He was named Louis Dieudonné (Louis the God-given) [7] and bore the traditional title of French heirs apparent: Dauphin. [8]
Louis period styles is the collective name for five distinct styles of French architecture and interior design. The styles span the period from 1610 to 1793. The styles span the period from 1610 to 1793.
The furniture of the Louis XV period (1715–1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike and massive furniture of the Louis XIV style. It employed marquetry, using inlays of exotic woods of different colors, as well as ivory and mother of pearl. The style had three distinct periods.
It is the decoration of the cove that heralds a transition from the formalistic style that was used in the decoration of the grand appartement du roi and the Hall of Mirrors to a more relaxed style that anticipated the Louis XV style. [12] Louis XIV spared no expense in decorating this room. Mirrors, "The Fainting of Ester" and "Judith with the ...