Napoleon Iii Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Alabaster, Carrara Marble
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Vases
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Busts
Carrara Marble
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Enamel
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III More Candle Holders
Marble
Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Gueridon
Marble, Brass
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Clocks
Griotte Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Napoleon III Console Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Carrara Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Console Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Busts
Carrara Marble
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III End Tables
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Spelter
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Spelter
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Candelabras
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Console Tables
Belgian Black Marble, Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Napoleon III Console Tables
Wrought Iron
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century Napoleon III Table Lamps
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Urns
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble
Antique Mid-19th Century French Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Marble
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1860s Italian Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Vintage 1950s French Napoleon III Tables
Breccia Marble, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
Antique 18th Century French Napoleon III Desk Sets
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Night Stands
Marble
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Tables
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble
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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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