Napoleon Iii Gilt Bronze
Antique 1850s French Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Metal, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Architectural Elements
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Chinese Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 1850s French Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Inkwells
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Napoleon III Tables
Breccia Marble, Brass
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Animal Sculptures
Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Ormolu
Antique 1880s British Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Inkwells
Malachite, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Inkwells
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Inkwells
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals and Columns
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candlesticks
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Vitrines
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Brass, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Center Tables
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Dry Bars
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Platters and Serveware
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III More Desk Accessories
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Busts
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Jar...
Bronze
20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III More Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Ja...
Bronze
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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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