EnglishA century of enlightenment and refinement, the 18th century marks the golden age of French style—from Régence and Rococo to Neoclassicism. An elegant art of living shaped by master cabinetmakers, decorators, and royal artisans.
The Regency Style: When France breaks free from Versailles This silent but decisive revolution transforms our conception of French elegance. The first Régence curves already outline the future of rococo and Louis XV aesthetic, while the last Louis XIV symmetries testify to a still-present past. The Regency style “Régence” in french, revolutionizes Western art by…
The Chippendale style emerged in England around 1750, at a time when the rococo refinement of French Louis XV still dominated Europe, while the Anglo-Saxon world was already beginning its transition toward neoclassicism. Introduction Chippendale style embodies the golden age of eighteenth-century English furniture. Between 1750 and 1780, Thomas Chippendale and his cabinetmaking workshop created…
Do You Know the Directoire Style? Do you know the Directoire style? This transitional period sits historically between the French Revolution and the Consulate. It marks the revival of French decorative arts after the revolutionary upheavals and sets the stage for the rise of the Empire style. It should not be confused with the late…
The Transition style is neither an official “period style” nor a movement with a manifesto.It belongs to no single reign. Instead, it names a moment in French taste, right at the hinge between the last rocaille inventions of Louis XV and the early neoclassical impulse that would define Louis XVI. Introduction In France, the Transition…
The Louis XVI style (1774–1792) continues the Transition style, stabilizing the return to Classical antiquity, while heralding the Directoire style, which would extend its rigor and symmetry in a radically transformed political context. Louis XVI Style: When France Triumphs Through Antiquity The Louis XVI style revolutionizes Western art by establishing the definitive return to Antiquity…
The Louis XV style (1723–1774) stands between the Régence style, from which it inherits a progressive softening of forms, and the Transition style, which gradually restrains its curves to announce the return to symmetry characteristic of the Louis XVI style. Louis XV Style: When France Invented the Art of Living The Louis XV style revolutionizes…
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