Napoleon Sevres
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Paintings
Porcelain, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Ormolu, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Decorative Bowls
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Gueridon
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Porcelain
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1880s Italian Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Pedestals and Columns
Onyx, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Art
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Centerpieces
Porcelain
Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Brass
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Brass
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Urns
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Porcelain
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Jewelry Boxes
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Side Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Napoleon III Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Napoleon III Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Ja...
Porcelain, Wood
Antique 1730s English George II Side Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Brass
Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Busts
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century English Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Sèvres
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Planters and Jardinieres
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
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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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