Napoleon Iii Gilt Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Malachite, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Alabaster, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Planters and Jardinieres
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Pedestals and Columns
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Vitrines
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Restauration Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique 19th Century European Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Centerpieces
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Grandfather Clocks and Lon...
Bronze
Antique 1860s European Napoleon III Wall Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Center Tables
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Tables
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Bronze
Antique 1820s French Barware
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candlesticks
Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Ceramics
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Metal, Bronze, Copper, Enamel
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A Close Look at Napoleon-iii Furniture
Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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