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	MFA Boston: Exhibition: Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815
		Named for the Napoleonic Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Empire style is one of the grandest and most opulent in the history of decorative arts.
		Throughout his political career, Napoleon championed the Empire style, which became the embodiment of the new political order and an integral part of his program to legitimize his reign and promote the arts and economy of France.
		With a selection of approximately 190 objects—including furniture, silver, porcelain, bronzes, jewelry, textiles, wallpapers, metalwork, and painting—“Symbols of Power” is the first comprehensive survey of the decorative arts of the Empire style, presenting its iconography in virtually every visual medium.
	www.mfa.org /exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=2140 (329 words)

	Antiques, Architectural & Garden You bid auction
		177: Italian Rococo Style Painted and Parcel Gilt
		Old Louis XV CRYSTAL FRENCH EMPIRE Tier Chandelier RARE
		PAIR EMPIRE STYLE FRENCH BRONZE SCONCES NR 1079: Victorian leaded glass doorway, colored leaded gl
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	Empire style
		Empire style is not to be confused with the Neo-Baroque Second Empire style.
		The Empire bed is similar to the boat bed and the gondola bed, and was a forerunner of the American sleigh bed.
		Developed in Paris at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, it the official style of the Napoleonic Empire and relied heavily on the revival of antique Roman forms.
	ah.bfn.org /f/fstyles/emp/empire.html (1598 words)

	Empire style
		Empire style is not to be confused with the Neo-Baroque Second Empire style.
		The Empire bed is similar to the boat bed and the gondola bed, and was a forerunner of the American sleigh bed.
		Developed in Paris at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, it the official style of the Napoleonic Empire and relied heavily on the revival of antique Roman forms.
	freenet.buffalo.edu /bah/f/fstyles/emp/empire.html (1598 words)

	Empire style - Encyclopedia.com
		Empire style manner of French interior decoration and costume which evolved from the Directoire style.
		Designated Empire because of its identification with the reign of Napoleon I, it was largely inspired by his architects Percier and Fontaine.
		The style of the first Empire is to be distinguished from that of the second (1852-70), which was gaudy and ostentatious.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Empirest.html (649 words)

	Decorative Style - English And American Empire
		Debased Empire is what the prejudiced British critic calls it in his condemnation, but such critics have less reason to feel tenderness towards the style than we who love it for its associations with old American homes.
		The upper dilution of Empire styles that was made in America ran largely to the carved pineapple as an ornament, which served a constructional purpose nobly or a decorative one lavishly.
		This style of table is in large size for dining-room use, or in smaller for round centre-tables, or for drop-leaf or for worktables, and being symmetrical and elegant, is prized with reason.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/decorative19.shtml (1884 words)

	EMPIRE STYLE, (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Empire style originated in the desire of Napoleon to revive the luxurious majesty of imperial Rome.
		Massive Empire furniture of mahogany or rosewood resembled antique forms and was decorated with brass and ormolu and upholstered with heavy brocaded or embroidered fabrics.
		Empire dress included thin, white columnar gowns, shawls, and coiffures patterned after those of classical times.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..em039500.a (474 words)

	American Empire (style) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Empire is a French-inspired Neo-classical style of American furniture and decoration that was initiated just before 1800 and is most notably exemplified by the furniture of Duncan Phyfe and Paris-trained Charles-Honoré Lannuier.
		Their work in this style is characterized by antiquities-inspired carving, applied, gilded brass mounts, and inlaid decorative elements such as stamped brass banding with egg-and-dart, diamond, or Greek key patterns, or individual shapes such as stars or circles.
		This American version of the Central-European Biedermeier style, continued to be made in conservative centers past the mid-nineteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Empire_(style) (192 words)

	Second Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Second Empire is an architectural style that was popular during the Victorian era, reaching its zenith between 1865 and 1880, and so named for the “French” elements in vogue during the era of the Second French Empire.
		In the United States, the Second Empire style usually combined a rectangular tower, or similar element, with a steep, but short, mansard roof; the roof being the most noteworthy link to the style’s French roots.
		Second Empire was succeeded by the Queen Anne Style era, and its sub-styles, which enjoyed great popularity until the rise of the “Revival Era” in American architecture just before the end of the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Empire (826 words)

	Southern Accents: Empire Style
		Empire, which can be pronounced in both the English and the Continental manner, (ahm-peer), without risk of pretension, is a brooding and muscular style that is handsome and sharply striking to the eye.
		While it is true that the popularity of the Empire style skidded to an abrupt halt after Napoleon's second, and final, abdication in June of 1815, elsewhere, where sensibilities were less raw, it persisted for several decades.
		The Empire style covered all of Europe and reached as far as Russia, where Alexander I was one of its most fervent advocates.
	www.southernaccents.com /accents/print/0,15217,411665,00.html (930 words)

	The Empire Style \| GRAND TRADITION
		The Empire style is a result of Napoleon’s desire for new designs incorporating masculine and military themes as a result of the French-English social upheaval and economic rivalry of the era (roughly 1790's to the early 1800's).
		As the design of interior architecture became influenced by the Empire style, so did the furniture designed for those spaces that were so delicately adorned with classical ornament.
		Empire became an inclusive approach to design to such an extent that even the period clothing became a venue for expression.
	www.grandtradition.net /?q=node/4 (933 words)

	Empire Style Furniture
		The Empire style, is the neoclassical style of architecture, interior design, and women's dress during the period (c.
		The Empire style originated in the desire of Napoleon to revive the luxurious majesty of imperial Rome.
		Massive Empire furniture of mahogany or rosewood resembled antique forms and was decorated with brass and ormolu and upholstered with heavy brocaded or embroidered fabrics.
	www.restorations.net /empire/empire.htm (350 words)

	Empire (style) Biography on DanceAge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As such, French Empire became a state-sponsored design movement that soon spread to and affected every field of aesthetics, most notably in architecture in such grandiose Neoclassical structures as the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Vendome Column, and La Madeleine, which were built in Paris to emulate the famous edifices of Imperial Rome.
		The style survived in Italy longer than in most of Europe, partly because of its Imperial Roman associations, partly because it was revived as a national style of architecture following the unification of Italy in 1870.
		In the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, the Empire style was adapted to local conditions and gradually acquired further expression as the Egyptian Revival, Greek Revival, Biedermeier style, Regency style, and late-Federal style.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Empire_style (329 words)

	Second Empire Mansard Roof
		The Second Empire house has a mansard roof that is a dual-pitched, hipped roof with dormer windows on a steep lower slope.
		For this reason the style became popular for the remodeling of earlier buildings as well as for new construction.
		The Second Empire style was used for many public buildings in America during the Grant administration (1868-77).
	www.midtel.net /~mcselem/architecture/second_empire_mansard_roof.htm (154 words)

	Historic Preservation and Archaeology
		Historians named this style for the reign of Napoleon III of France, that country's second emperor.
		In Second Empire buildings, the most obvious distinguishing characteristic is the mansard roof, called a "french roof" by American builders.
		This style was used for large public structures as well as mansions.
	www.in.gov /dnr/historic/secondempire.html (141 words)

	NYPL, Empire and Regency Styles Research Guide
		Decorative styles often cannot be firmly dated, because their inspiration may be felt earlier than and extend beyond the actual period of their flourishing.
		The Empire Style is most often given the dates of Napoleon’s reign, 1804-15, but its features developed in the earlier Directoire and Consulat periods (1795-1803), and Empire Style furnishings were still being produced in Europe, particularly in Sweden, into the 1830s.
		Napoleon’s domination of the world stage until 1815 provided the means for the Empire Style to spread throughout Europe and make its way to artistically Francophile England.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/spe/art/artarc/empire/francestyle.html (259 words)

	Antique American Architecture-Second Empire Style (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Second empire was a dominant style for homes constructed between 1860 and 1880 with some continuing on into the 1880's.
		It was considered a very modern style and imitated the latest French building fashion during the reign of Napoleon III (France's Second Empire) from which the style takes it's name.
		For this reason the style became popular for the remodeling of older styles as well as for new construction.
	realviews.com /homes/2nd.html (254 words)

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		As Wells River's outstanding example of the French Second Empire style, the Farley-Nelson House must have rivaled its neighbor, the Former Deming House (#83), when it was built.
		The hallmark of this style is the mansard roof which hides the third story.
		Beaton's fascination with the grand tradition of courtly style, from the great British portraitists of the eighteenth century tï the court painters of the French Second Empire, made him the ideal choice to photograph Queen Elizabeth in 1939.
	www.lycos.com /info/french-second-empire--french-second-empire-style.html (444 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tuileries Palace
		As Napoleon's chief residence Tuileries Palace was redecorated in the Neoclassical Empire style by Percier and Fontaine and some of the best known architects, designers, and furniture makers of the day.
		During the Second Empire, the Tuileries Palace was extensively refurbished and redecorated after the looting and damages that occurred during the Revolution of 1848.
		The prominent roof-lines of the palace and especially its squared central dome were influential prototypes in the Second Empire style adopted for hotels and commercial buildings as well as residences even in the United Kingdom and North America.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tuileries (1753 words)

	Empire Fashion Plates (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Directoire and Empire Period (1790 to 1820) is named after the French executive council, or Directoire, that was established after the Reign of Terror.
		Her hair appears to be in the a la victime or Titus style, which is a short style named after women whose hair was shorn before they were guillotined.
		The simple and elegant costume is echoed in the simple outlines of the chair which is in the Empire style.
	zimmer.csufresno.edu /~monicaf/empire.htm (402 words)

	Antique American Architecture-Second Empire Style (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Second empire was a dominant style for homes constructed between 1860 and 1880 with some continuing on into the 1880's.
		It was considered a very modern style and imitated the latest French building fashion during the reign of Napoleon III (France's Second Empire) from which the style takes it's name.
		For this reason the style became popular for the remodeling of older styles as well as for new construction.
	www.realviews.com /homes/2nd.html (254 words)

	Russian Empire Style Furniture - Amos Anderson Art Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Finland was annexed to the Russian empire as an autonomous Grand Duchy in 1809 and remained so until independence in 1917.
		This gave birth to what is known as the Russian style which favoured richly decorative carving and gilding.
		The models for the early Russian Empire style were found in French and English pattern books, but the Russian Empire style proper was the creation of St. Petersburg architect Andrei Voronikhin who designed heavily built furniture in the 1810s.
	www.amosanderson.fi /english/empire.html (498 words)

	Antique furniture from Europe at Lifestyle Antiques.
		H:29 5/8" W:61 3/4" D:30 1/4" Background of the Louis XV style: in the decorative arts, the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France.
		Developing from a tendency of architects of the second quarter of the 19th century to use architectural schemes drawn from the periods of the Italian Renaissance,...
		The Empire style was encouraged by Napoleon's desire for a style inspired by the grandeur of ancient Egypt and imperial Rome.
	www.lifestyleantiques.com /directory/Furniture:Desks,_Secretaries.html (967 words)

	The Empire Style
		French cabinet-makers were committed to the splendour of ancient Rome, which led to furniture that was heavier in its forms and literally as well.
		The style was generally more simplified and used clear rectangular forms.
		Although cabinet-makers reacted to many of the new influences that were caused by Napoleon's military conquests there is sufficient proof that the Classical style of ancient Rome and also the splendour of ancient Egypt were thought to best meet the character of the aspiring new empire.
	gallery.sjsu.edu /paris/furniture/furniture/mainstyles/empire/index.htm (196 words)

	Jewellery Wilhelminian Style, Empire, Historism: Goettgen antique jewellery museum
		Jewellery Wilhelminian Style, Empire, Historism: Goettgen antique jewellery museum
		Historicism, Empire and Wilhelminian Style (1850 to 1900)
		Typical of jewellery developed from this was the generous use of gems, enamel and pearls.
	www.goettgen.net /antique-jewellery-museum/historism-empire-wilhelminian-style.html (100 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Second Empire is an architectural style that was popular during the Victorian era, reaching its zenith between 1865 and 1880, and so named for the 'French' elements in vogue during the era of the Second French Empire.
		While a distinct style unto itself, some Second Empire styling cues, such as quoins, have an indirect relationship to the styles previously in vogue, Gothic Revival and Italianate eras.
		Second Empire was succeeded by the Queen Anne Style era, and its sub-styles, which enjoyed great popularity until the rise of the 'Revival Era' in American architecture just before the end of the 19th century.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Second_Empire (807 words)

	Second Empire Style
		It became popular for remodeling older buildings as well as new construction and was adapted to a wide variety of projects: public buildings, commercial structures, museums, college buidlings, hotels, and, of course, residences.
		This style was used for many public buildings in America during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877).
		He often used the roof style in his designs; the upper part usually intersects with a flat roof which extends over the middle of the building.
	www.livingplaces.com /architecturalstyles/Second_Empire.html (303 words)

	Empire waist: Nostalgia
		The empire waist dates back to ancient Greece and Rome, where the style was one of the first fitting measures used for women in the bulky, sheet-like togas.
		The empire line brought the responsibility of fit to the bustline: instead of the tight bust darts that were common to the shift, the fitting was done in a separation right below the bustline.
		The empire style was copied from the fluid garments of the ancients, when ladies wrapped ribbons below their bustline to show off the bosom, and to create fit in the loose togas.
	www.skooldays.com /categories/fashion/fa1313.htm (412 words)

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