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Slide Set: FURNITURE I: FRENCH 18TH CENTURY
With the death of Louis XIV in 1714, the Baroque period style in furniture came to an end. Before that date changes were occurring in French furniture. Louis XIV had been a flamboyant, forceful and powerful king, and the furniture of that period tended to reflect that. As with Baroque painting, a certain theatricality, grandeur of scale and overdecoration characterized the furniture. Decoration was heavy and the motifs numerous, though the overall feeling was symmetrical. Towards the end of his life, however, Louis XIV began to prefer a less formal style of decoration. When Louis XV became king in 1723, the simpler, lighter style seen in French painting (such as in the work of Antoine Watteau [1684-1721] ) was reflected in the furniture produced. Watteau had rebelled against the formal and heroic classicism of the Baroque period. Furniture likewise lost its ponderous, masculine nature and became lighter and more curvilinear. Whereas the 17th century had been dominated by Louis XIV's court (he had required all nobles to spend at least half a year at Versailles), the 18th century was dominated by the society of the townhouses in Paris, where wealthy women held court in salons full of artists, writers and philosophers. Louis XV and Louis XVI themselves were dominated by their women: Louis XV by his mistresses, Madame du Pompadour and Madame du Barry, and Louis XVI by his wife, Marie Antoinette. These three women had profound impact on style in French art. Typical characteristics of 18th century furniture are: graceful long, slender legs without the use of stretchers; predominant use of light colored woods; pastel colors; restrained used of carving and upholstery motifs; curving (bombe) surfaces on all sides; veneering and inlaying of light woods; and tapestry upholstery. Floral motifs were very popular as decoration both in the carving and in the inlay and upholstery work: sprays, tied bouquets, acanthus leaves and garlands. Under Louis XVI towards the end of the century, with the influence of Classical art, the curves gradually disappeared in favor of columnar legs, heavier classical ornament and some forms which were copies from antiquity. The same woods were used, and, despite the use of classical motifs, the furniture retained the lightness of the Roccoco.


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