Louis Xiv Bedroom Furniture

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Shop louis xvi bedroom furniture at 1stdibs the world s largest source of louis xvi and other authentic period furniture. Shop louis xiv furniture at 1stdibs the world s largest source of louis xiv and other authentic period furniture. Louis xvi furniture is characterized by elegance and neoclassicism a return to ancient greek and roman models much of it was designed and made for queen marie antoinette for the new apartments she created in the palace of versailles palace of fontainebleau the tuileries palace and other royal residences the finest craftsmen of the time including jean henri riesener georges jacob martin. After about 1690 thanks in large part to the furniture designer andré charles boulle a more original and delicate style appeared sometimes known as boulle work it was based on the use of marquetry the inlay of.

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A pair of commodes made between 1708 and 1709 for the king s bedroom at the grand trianon and now exhibited at the château de versailles. Although boulle provided quite a few pieces of furniture for the royal household only two items intended specifically for louis xiv have been identified. Louis xiv furniture was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of king louis xiv of france 1660 1690. The ornamentalists draw their inspiration from the art of antiquity and create new motifs.

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