Napoleon Iii Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Buffets
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Gueridon
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Sideboards
Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Carrara Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Antique 1770s French Napoleon III Candlesticks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Credenzas
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s Napoleon III Console Tables
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 1860s French George III Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Console Tables
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Candelabras
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals and Columns
Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Brass
Vintage 1910s French Vases
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Side Tables
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Metal
Antique 1850s French Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Malachite, Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Corner Cupboards
Marble
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vitrines
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Napoleon III Scientific Instruments
Marble, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Inkwells
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Buffets
Marble
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Center Tables
Marble
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Marble
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Religious Items
Belgian Black Marble, Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Side Tables
Marble, Brass, Ormolu, Pewter
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Credenzas
Marble
20th Century French Center Tables
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Side Tables
Marble, Ormolu
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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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