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DIRECTOIRE, FRENCH EMPIRE

Britknee52 CH. 1-4 college English

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DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
- Directoire 1789-1799
  - Louis XVI
  - Ancient Greece/Rome
  - Formal, heavier scale
  - Egyptian/Roman motifs appear
  - lozenges, rosettes, spirals, oak leaf, clasped hands
- Motifs
  - leaf, swag, rinceau, rosette
  - scroll, arabesque, lyre
- Empire 1804-1815
  - Egypt/Rome
  - Pompous, formal, masculine.
  - Reveals more change than architecture
- Consulate
  - Rich reds/blues/greens
ARCHITECTURE
- Arc de Triomphe
- La Madeleine
  - pediment, corinthian columns
- Rue de Rivoli
INTERIORS
- wall decorations
- simplicity, muted colors,delicate decoration
LIGHTING
- Candelabra
- applique
- cristeaux
FURNISHINGS
- Sofas & sets of chairs
- round tables w/ basins
- rolled-over back, saber legged chairs
  - winged sphinx, tassels, swans
- applied ornamentation
- large flat surfaces
- Beds: fluted columns, geometric carving in low relief
- Brocades, damasks, velvets, printed cottons

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