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French Rococo Flashcards

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Corner cupboard mainly built into the room

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Encoignure

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Walls were of rough white plaster or paneled. Frequently they were stenciled to resemble wallpaper

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French provincial

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Tall French writing desk, top part of which resembles an armoire, having a door at its base. The top is often flap fronted to provide a larger writing surface when open

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Secretaire a abattant

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The “fainting couch” where ladies in tight corsettes would usually collapse onto it

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A

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Bed without posts but with a small canopy

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Angel bed

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Curved legs were used on chairs, with the front curving outward and the rear curving back like a saber in this period

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French Empire

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Straddle chair, in which the sitter faced the chair back and rested his arms on the upholstered top rail, to watch card games.

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Voyeuse

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During this period, furniture had classical lines with some curves, minimal ornamentation, and a contrast of wood and fabric. Focused on comfort and contentment

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Biedermeier

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Maker of veneered furniture

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Ebeniste

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Work table

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Tricoteuse

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Fictive draperies used in this period

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French Directoire

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Lounge day bed

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Chaise lounge

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A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window

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Crossette

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During this period, the kitchen with its open-hooded fireplace rising to the wooden beam ceiling was the center of the house

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French Provincial

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Technique involving painting on the reverse side of glass then applying gold and silver as backing

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Verre eglomise

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Sewing table

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Tricoteuse

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Dining tables were first introduced in this period

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French Neoclassic

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The dressing table with drawers that open to reveal a mirror

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Table coiffeuse

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Maker of solid wood furniture

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Menuisier

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Serpentine and bombe shaping were used in this period

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French rococo

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Padded armrest

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Manchette

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Furniture were grand in scale, rectilinear, and pieces were on plinths or bases

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French Empire

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Style of upholstered couch that can seat 3 people, consists of 3 armchairs in a pinwheel pattern

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Indiscreet

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3 seats to a single unit with the 2 end seats smaller and separated by arms from the center section

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confidante

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Lounge chair with full arm

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Bergere

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Cane backs and rush seats were common during this time

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French provincial

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Parisian cabinetmaker and student of Oeben, designed many pieces for Marie Antoinette

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Henri Riesener

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Soft paste figurines and serving piece

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Sevres

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Round table with a marble top supported by one central leg

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Gueridon

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During this period, Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself as emperor of France in 1804-1815

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French Directoire

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A backgammon table with a removable top that had one side covered with leather and the other with baize

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Trictrac table

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A small light lady’s writing desk had a central drawer in front, tiered shelves and cupboards in the back and sometimes shelves between the legs

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Bonbeur du jour

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Tie-on cushions were used in this period

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French provincial

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Sleigh bed

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French Empire

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Also known as psyche glass, a mirror designed to stand against a wall

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Pier glass

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Maker of metal mounts

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Broad stripes were popular during this period

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French Directoire

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A sofa based on the painting of Jacques Louis David, with rolled over arms and turned, tapered legs

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Recamier sofa

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Stand for plants

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Jardiniere

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German style that is based on the French Empire – a combination of the Greek, Roman, and Egyptian motifs

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Biedermeier

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Bed used by the queen

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Lit a duchess

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Invention of the Jacquard loom prompted the production of rich royal textiles in this era

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French Empire

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Typical low chest of drawers

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Drop leaf table with its slant top and absence of drawers

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Bureau a dos d’due

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Also known as Style Etrusque

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French Neoclassic

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Writing desk with a mechanical device or crank to raise the writing surface

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Secretaire a la tronchin

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Furniture during this period was made by craftsmen long after the styles ceased to be fashionable

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French provincial

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A small round table having around its top a gallery within which a bouchon could be set for the playing of card games.

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Armchair with pierced arms

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Proportions were light and refined, retaining intimacy and charm, but with emphasis on straight lines and geometric forms. Ovals, ellipses and circles were the only curves used during this period.

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French Neoclassic

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Overdoor or overpaneling filled with paintings or mirror

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Small, 2-seat sofa with an exposed frame

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A low armless chair that enabled people to get closer to the fire place; nanny’s chair or side chair

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Chauffeuse

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Maker of bronze casting

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Ceilings were flat and had stars or a center rosette during this period

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French Empire

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Filing cabinet

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Cartonnier

57
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Table fixed to a wall with its top supported by consoles or front legs

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Console table

58
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Completely upholstered small sofa similar to a wide seat or a wide bergere, a seat for 2 people

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There were no cupboards, closets or storage areas during this time, the armoire became the most important family possession

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French Provincial

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Maker of marquetry panel

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Soft, usually green, woolen or cloth fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard or game tables

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Rolltop desk

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Bureau a cylinder

63
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Boat-shaped bed or couchette

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Clothing storage

65
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Founded a dynasty of cabinetmakers during French Neoclassic

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George Jacob

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5 or 6-drawer commode with a brass gallery. The cabinet, which was intended to house collections of precious objects, used by the very wealthy

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Chiffonier

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Daybed, as was the chaise lounge, an upholstered chair with a long seat for reclining

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Lit de repos

68
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Cabriole legs that ended in whorl, shell or leaf/scroll feet in this period

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French rococo

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A bed having a suspended, full length tester (attached to a wall), without posts

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Duchess bed

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Gilder

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Chair backs had a slightly backward roll at the top

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French Directoire

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Game table

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Table a jeu

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Louis XV/king’s desk

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Bureau du roi

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2 upholstered chairs put together and connected in the middle with an ottoman between them

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Duchesse Brisee

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Bedside table

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Table de chevet

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Lyre or loop-shaped backs were introduced in this era.

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French Neoclassic

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Techninque that uses monochromatic colors in paintings, like giving an illusion that a statue is real but is actually just a painting

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Carved woodwork of panels on walls

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Small chair with a concave back and cabriole legs

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