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Consulat and Empire styles, French book by C.Huchet de Quénetain

Consulat and Empire styles, French book by C.Huchet de Quénetain

This hardcover book with 192 full color illustrated pages presents the French Consulat and Empire styles.
The Empire style embodies the second phase of classicism in the decorative arts, coherent synthesis of different types of ornamentation "classical" enriched with elements borrowed from Egyptian art. On the walls and furniture, large bare surfaces receive decorative patterns well defined (friezes, banners, festoons, allegorical figures, cartridges, ellipses, diamonds), whose function is strictly ornamental. In the work of interior decoration of two major official architects of the time, Percier and Fontaine, one detects a clear influence of Pompeian style.
The Empire style appears linked to the advent of the new society and the beginnings of industrialization: including mechanical manufacturing of certain elements (fabrics executed on Jacquard looms, industrial silversmith and ironwork).
It meets the needs of that society: wealth and bourgeois comfort, rapid and abundant production. The Emperor himself encourages luxury industries in particular by developing the Sèvres porcelain factory.
This book includes many previously unpublished information: reproductions, assignments, etc., but above all offers for the first time the advantage of presenting the cabinetmaking achievements of the house Lignereux which will be taken by the famous French bronze sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire.

Contents:

CABINETMAKERS AND STYLE, GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

A little history...
The consequences of the suppression of corporations
The measures taken by the State to encourage the furniture industry
Business loans

CHANGES IN TASTE AND FORMATION OF STYLES

The habitat and interior decoration
Shapes and patterns
Materials
Influences

THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS

The ornementalists
Cabinetmakers
The tapestry: Darnac, Flamand, Maigret
Les marchands de meubles : The example of Antoine-Thibaut Baudouin (1759 - 1814)
The bronze workers

FURNITURE

Seats
Beds and cribs
Consoles and pedestal tables
Dressers
Large cabinets: wardrobes, bookcases, cabinets, jewelry boxes
Writing Furniture: flat desks, cardboard files, desks...
Bathroom and hygiene furniture
The diversity of small tables and small furniture

Annexes
Annexe for an unprecedented order to Boselli made by Charles IV, King of Spain
Bibliography

The French texts are written by Christophe Huchet de Quénetain.

Printed in 2005, this book is NEW and is 9 inches x 10 inches ( 23 cm x 25 cm )

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