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02-11-2022 07:50 PM
Not my taste at all, don't like all the white/cream furniture but the first NO for me is that gold framed mirror. That is one thing that, with rare exceptions, I just can't stand.
02-11-2022 07:59 PM
Oh, my.
I could be happy in most of these rooms. Which surprises me.
Let's start with that kitchen...
02-12-2022 12:39 AM
Thank you for such a beautiful tour.
I loved so much I saw and could have taken over that kitchen with the blue island in a snap.
I hope this doesn't bore you, but here's a little guide to your French furniture and one more.
Again, many thanks.
Louis XIV Chair
This chair is a hand carved antique on First Dibs.
Louis XIV is heavy and usually has stretchers between the legs for strength and beauty. This style looks like "castle" furniture because it was. Tester beds were popular with their heavy drapes to hold the heat around the bed in drafty castles.
Louis XV
Louis XV was a lighter chair reflecting the rise of women in the French court, therefore, the chair looks more graceful and femenine. The back has upholstery surrounded by wood.
The curled leg ends in a cabroile foot. The seats were often wider to accomodate the wide skirts. The arm pads that sometimes appear are called manchettes.
French Provental is often done as an adaptation of Louis XV.
Louis XVI
Louis XVI brought in straight legs and and arms have less curve. The cabriole foot was out of balance and the leg became straight. Manchettes may or may not be found.
In that beautiful bathroom, you had another major style, Sheraton, part of the Neoclassical period. S
Sheraton has a square back. Delicate with veneers and inlays, geometric shapes.
Sheraton was another French designer.
02-12-2022 01:05 AM - edited 02-12-2022 01:05 AM
Just a note: Thomas Sheraton was English.
I like this room that @Oznell posted. I like the juxtaposition of modernist elements with traditional architecture.
02-12-2022 08:11 AM
@just bee > Wholehartedly agree. I love almost anything French, especially the language....... and oh, the country, the food, the fashion etc., etc., etc.
02-12-2022 11:24 AM - edited 02-12-2022 08:36 PM
Sheraton was indeed English, but as with various styles tthen and now, virtually every style has been emulated in some fashion in various countries. Some would suggest the French version of Sheraton style loosely correlates with their Directoire period. It's also been said that Sheraton style was heavily influenced by Louis XVI furniture styling. Regardless, Sheraton's neoclassical, more or less Recency, style has proven to be very popular.
02-12-2022 04:15 PM
@stevieb wrote:Sheraton was indeed English, but as with various styles today, virtually every style has been emulated in some fashion in various countries. Some would suggest the French version of Sheraton style loosely correlates with their Directoire period. It's also been said that Sheraton style was heavily influenced by Louis XVI furniture styling. Regardless, Sheraton's neoclassical, more or less Recency, style has proven to be very popular.
Yes, Regency. Heppelwhite also similar. A little too formal and feminine for me.
02-12-2022 04:45 PM
I always admire the "not trying too hard" look the French manage to achieve. Their rooms always look chic but not staged.
02-12-2022 10:21 PM
I'm correcting my spelling, mind boggling, not bobbling. LOL
02-13-2022 03:48 AM
@Marsha2003 I think this a beautiful room, but those chairs are just so odd, they stick out like a sore thumb.
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