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Second empire style furniture.
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.
Decorative details included iron cresting on the roof heavily bracketed cornices quoins and balustrades.
Ornamental carvings finials raised panels and woodturnings were hallmarks of this period.
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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.
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French furniture styles second empire 1848 1870 during this period furniture makers drew indiscriminately from all previous periods and sources which resulted in an eclecticism that had considerable historicist charm and even inventive appeal.
In a way the artistic codes of the napoleon iii style also called second empire style were presented at the exhibition of 1844 during the reign of louis philippe d orléans.
Sartre and his fellow left bank intellectuals were vocally rebelling against the conservative tendency in french politics philosophy and aesthetics.
It gained its greatest popularity in the u s.
As with other victorian trends second empire ornamentation was inspired and unstinting.
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Ornamentation and decoration are the focus points of this period.
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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.
The general effect is monumental and ornate appropriate to the style s napoleonic roots.
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Tapestry work on furniture was very much in style.
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Comfort was the first priority of second empire furniture.
The structure of chairs and sofas was usually entirely hidden by the upholstery or ornamented with copper shell or other decorative elements.