French Louis Xv Furniture
The use of nails or glue was forbidden. Louis xv furniture is deeply rooted in the rococo style.
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The french furniture style we call louis xv flourished during the period of 1730 1775.
French louis xv furniture. Browse your favorite brands affordable prices free shipping on many items. The louis xv period 1723 1774 was particularly creative producing the rococo style. French furniture pieces from the 18th century are in many ways the platonic ideal of an antique.
Marquetry and gilt bronze spotlight motifs borrowed from nature. Louis xv furniture was created by the collaboration of complex network of designers and craftsmen. Symmetry gives way to asymmetry and pronounced curves.
Furniture was free standing light and moveable with armchairs cylinder top desks card tables and chiffoniers. But also seashells romantic features chinoiserie female forms. The menuisier made the wooden framework of the furniture which was held together by its structure and wooden chevilles or dowels.
French culture and influence were at their height in the first half of the eighteenth century but most scholars agree that louis xvs decisions damaged the power of france weakened the treasury discredited the absolute monarchy and made it more vulnerable to distrust and destruction. If the louis xiv furniture style was designed with the glorification of the sun king in mind and all in massive masculine square form the louis xv furniture style is the complete opposite. Louis xv reigned without his regent for 50 years during which time french culture and influence were at their height in furniture making and beyond even as the political influence of the monarchy waned.
By and large they are exquisitely constructed reflect a rich social and political context and come with their own semi foreign vocabulary. Animated foliage bouquets of flowers animals fruits. Find fine and authentic furniture louis xv french antiques and works of art for sale directly from a selection of top french dealers on anticstore page.
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