Empire style

E:The creators of the Empire style were... French architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Louis Fontaine. They designed the furniture and decor of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They issued the "Palais maisons et autres edifices de Rome moderne" (1802, Paris) and "Residences des souverains" (1833, Paris) in which it concluded assumptions style. Empire was modeled on the architectural elements of Roman, Greek and Egyptian. For the style it was characteristic of symmetry, monumentality…

Neoclassical style dominated late eighteenth century European decoration. Two distinctive styles known as Empire and Regency emerged from neoclassicism. This particular blog post is dedicated to Empire design, with emphasis on creating French Empire style bedrooms. Pronounced "ahm PEER", this beautiful style was the signature look of Napoleon. Upon assuming the throne in 1804, France’s Emperor wanted a new look that reflected his military success and personal style so he began an ambitious…

Empire Style furniture. Wing chair, high end dining chair, accent chair.

Fashion Plate, 'Half Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, November 1, 1810, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Today our Regency time travels for fashion will take us to the year 1824 and oh what an assortment of fashions we have for this year. The trends continue with the lowering and snugger form-fitting bodice and fuller skirt bottoms as we have seen for the past few years. Then is October we see see two mourning fashions; however this time it is not due to a death in the British Royal Family but for the French King Louise XVIII. I found it interesting that the British Court was ordered to go into…

one of the bed-room

INCREDIBLE DRESSES IN ART (120/∞) Pauline Bonaparte by Robert Lefèvre, 1806

Conservators from the Royal Danish Collections at Rosenborg and Amalienborg worked on the task of re-creating the colours of the interiors in Frederik VIII's

Well here it finally is - the third and final installment of Regency Furniture from Ackermann's Repository. This post will cover the furniture items from Series 3 which were published from 1823-1828. One of my favorites from AR Series III - Ser3 v11 1828 furniture plate 35 - Sofa Sadly, 1828 was the last year Ackermann's Repository was published; but what a bounty of images they provided in their 20 years of publication. It's been a true pleasure posting about them and I hope you've enjoyed…

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