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The period coincides with the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States and the French Empire style. [1] Regency style is also applied to interior design and decorative arts of the period, typified by elegant furniture and vertically striped wallpaper, and to styles of clothing; for men, as typified by ...
The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze (/ ˌ l uː i ˈ k æ̃ z /, French: [lwi kɛ̃z]) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV. From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence , it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV style of his great-grandfather and predecessor, Louis XIV .
Maison de L'Amitié (House of Friendship) was a French Regency-style estate in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. The plot area was about 270,000 square feet (25,000 m 2) and bordered a length of 492 feet (150 m) on the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the largest and most expensive homes in the United States.
The nation's top interior designers and creatives shared their best tips and favorite storefronts to help you shop Etsy like a pro. ... French antique linens, and bespoke wooden furniture ...
These 25 French country kitchen ideas from designer spaces bring chic, lived-in comfort to your home with touches like copper cookware and antique furnishings.
1610–1643: Louis XIII style (Louis Treize), in the early phase of French Baroque; 1643–1715: Louis XIV style (Louis Quatorze) 1715–1723: French Regency style (Régence), during the regency of Philippe II, duc d’Orléans; 1723–1774: Louis XV style (Louis Quinze) 1774–1793: Louis XVI style (Louis Seize)
The style had three distinct periods. During the early years (1715–1730), called the Regency, when the King was too young to rule, furniture followed the massive, geometric Style Louis XIV style. From 1730 until about 1750, the period known as the first style, it was much more asymmetrical, ornate and exuberant, in the fashion called rocaille ...
Charles Percier ([ʃaʁl pɛʁsje]; 22 August 1764 – 5 September 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. For work undertaken from 1794 onward, trying to ascribe conceptions or details to one ...