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2. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   During the late reign of Louis XVI, between 1780 and 1790, the British custom of having a round dining room table permanently positioned in the center of a dining room, gradually took hold in France. These tables often had casters on the legs, so they could be moved more easily, and had an extra two legs in the center, so additional sections ...

3. Louis XVI style - Wikipedia

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   Grand halls served multiple purposes, for theatre entertainments, balls, or banquets. An example of the early Louis XVI style is the dining room of the Château de Maisons, rebuilt between 1777 and 1782 by François-Joseph Bélanger for the Comte d'Artois, the brother of Louis XVI. This dining room, inspired by Grand style of Louis XIV and ...

4. Charles-Honoré Lannuier - Wikipedia

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   Center table guéridon, c. 1810, mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, and possibly sycamore veneers, gilded brass, and marble. Located in the Red Room of the White House. In Paris, Lannuier worked primarily in mahogany, with limited amounts of satinwood and rosewood veneer inlays. Early pieces show the influence of late Louis XVI-style furniture ...

5. How Designers Spot the Difference Between Antique and ... - AOL

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   Vanderford cites pieces like an 18th-century Georgian dining table or a Louis XVI armchair as examples of antiques. ... it’s best to place the focus of the room on that item. As Leung says ...

6. Louis period styles - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Thomas Chippendale - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Chippendale (June 1718 – 1779) was an English woodworker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director—the most important collection of furniture designs published in England to that point which created a mass market for ...

8. Petit appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   This room was converted into a bathroom for Louis XV around 1769. Louis XVI used the room – allegedly – as a place where he could maintain his personal financial accounts (Verlet 1985, p. 526). The paneling dates from the remodeling for Louis XV; however, Louis XVI ordered a total regilding of the room in 1784 (Verlet 1985, p. 526).

9. Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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   Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died ...