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Directoire style

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Directoire style , in French interior decoration and costume, the manner prevailing about the time of the Directory (1795-99), from which the name is derived. A style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire, it is characterized by a departure from the sumptuousness of the aristocratic regime. Furniture became more angular and severe; marquetry was replaced by large surfaces of painted and waxed wood. These new forms and the continued taste for Greco-Roman design, which forecast the Empire style , were established by the architects Percier and Fontaine and the artist J. L. David. The chemise... Read more
Directoire style
...fashions featured dresses with long sleeves and V necklines, worn with ruffled caps. Directoire furniture and ornamentation were based on ancient Roman objects recently excavated at Pompeii . Directoire style Directoire style Directoire style Read more
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Directoire. Austere, simplified Neo-Classicism favoured during the Directoire (1795–9) in France sparingly ornamented with motifs...more opulent decoration by 1800, and the following Empire style embraced more Egyptianizing detail, especially after the...publication of Denon 's account of Egypt and ... Read more

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