Louis Philippe style

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Louis Philippe style is a 19th-century French decorative and furniture style characterized by simplified, rounded forms and restrained ornamentation that bridged the opulence of the Empire period and the later eclectic historicist trends.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decorative arts style
furniture style
interior design style
associatedWith French bourgeoisie
July Monarchy
bridges Empire style
eclectic historicist styles
countryOfOrigin France
designGoal comfort over ostentation
practicality for domestic interiors
endTime 1848
followedBy Napoleon III style
Second Empire
surface form: Second Empire style
follows Empire style
Restoration style
hasCharacteristic bourgeois comfort
curved silhouettes
discreet elegance
functional design
influence of industrial production
light decorative motifs
limited carving
ogee-shaped mirrors
restrained ornamentation
rounded corners on case furniture
rounded lines
scroll feet on furniture
simplified forms
use of veneers
influenced 19th-century bourgeois interiors
Second Empire
surface form: Second Empire furniture
influencedBy Empire style
Restoration style
namedAfter Louis-Philippe I of the French
surface form: Louis Philippe I
startTime 1830
typicalColor muted upholstery colors
warm wood tones
typicalObject buffet
commode
secretaire desk
side table
sofa
upholstered armchair
wall mirror
wardrobe
usedMaterial fruitwoods
mahogany wood
veneered softwoods
walnut wood

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Empire style followedBy Louis Philippe style