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Second empire style furniture.
As with other victorian trends second empire ornamentation was inspired and unstinting.
After 1820 and is considered the second more robust phase of the neoclassical style which earlier had been expressed in the adam style in britain and louis seize or louis xvi in france.
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Decorative details included iron cresting on the roof heavily bracketed cornices quoins and balustrades.
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American empire 1800 to 1840 the american empire period took more influence.
Second empire furniture was found all over paris during sartre s time and still is and many of the drawing rooms and hotels of the era remained in place in the 1940s and still do.
Chairs were elaborately upholstered with fringes tassels and expensive fabrics.
Ornamental carvings finials raised panels and woodturnings were hallmarks of this period.
The structure of chairs and sofas was usually entirely hidden by the upholstery or ornamented with copper shell or other decorative elements.
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Ornamentation and decoration are the focus points of this period.
Tapestry work on furniture was very much in style.
It gained its greatest popularity in the u s.
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American empire is a french inspired neoclassical style of american furniture and decoration that takes its name and originates from the empire style introduced during the first french empire period under napoleon s rule.
The general effect is monumental and ornate appropriate to the style s napoleonic roots.
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There were plenty of high quality furnishings and fabrics.
Comfort was the first priority of second empire furniture.
Sartre and his fellow left bank intellectuals were vocally rebelling against the conservative tendency in french politics philosophy and aesthetics.
The early american period was really the first period where a distinct style began to appear within furniture pieces in the colonies that went beyond mere practicality.