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  2. French provincial architecture - Wikipedia

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    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 1960s. [1] In the United States architect Frank J. Forster promoted the style. He was recognized by his peers as a master of French provincial architecture in 1927, 1928, and 1929. [6]

  3. French furniture - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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    Louis left the exterior of Versailles and the other palaces largely unchanged, but beginning in 1738 he extensively redesigned the interiors, creating the petits apartments, or smaller apartments and salons for himself, the Queen, Marie Leszczyńska, whom he married in 1725, and later, for his primary mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame ...

  5. French architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Normandy and French provincial details are often combined to create a style simply called French Country or French Rural carved or embossed on mouldings, sconces, and banisters. The Presidential Palace of Vietnam , in Hanoi, was built between 1900 and 1906 to house the French Governor-General of Indochina.

  6. Louis XVI style - Wikipedia

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    The Louis XVI style was a reaction to and transition the French Baroque style, which had dominated French architecture, decoration and art since the mid-17th century, and partly from a desire to establish a new Beau idéal, or ideal of beauty, based on the purity and grandeur of the art of the Ancient Romans and Greeks.

  7. French colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies , especially those in Southeast Asia , have previously been reluctant to promote their colonial architecture as an asset for tourism ; however, in recent times, the new generation of local authorities has ...

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