Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
DIRECTOIRE STYLE
Formed in the wake of the Jacobin Reign of Terror’s bloody guillotine, the Directoire was established to lead France into order through the leadership of a five-member council of directors. It was brief, lasting only from 1795 to 1799, ending with Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état, and was economically tumultuous. Yet it was an essential bridge between the era of Louis XVI and the elaborate Empire style that followed, with Directoire furniture and decorative arts shaped by a royal passion for classical design and an enthusiasm for postrevolutionary France.
Much of the country’s furniture production had halted during the French Revolution when the furniture guilds system was abolished, but during the Directoire period, the cabinetmakers restarted their businesses, such as François-Honoré-Georges and Jacob-Desmalter who established a new workshop called Jacob-Frères. Pieces made in walnut, elm, mahogany and other inexpensive materials incorporated influences ranging from Egypt to Pompeii, with popular forms including the curule armchair based on an ancient Roman design. The aesthetics of the transitional style were more austere than during the monarchy, with court cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Sené, for instance, reimagining his workshop’s neoclassical-style furniture with ungilded surfaces and a reduction of ornamentation.
Symbols referencing the revolutionary tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity were frequently carved into Directoire furnishings, such as the Phrygian cap, clasped hands and the fasces, which is an image of a bound bundle of sticks adopted from the Roman Republic, where it was seen as an emblem of strength through unity.
Elements of the French Directoire style continued through Empire style. Designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are credited today as major proponents of both movements. The classically inspired furniture design is represented in pieces such as the boat-shaped daybed and the klismos chair, which endured in French interiors as well as in styles abroad, including American Directoire.
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Style: Directoire
A French Directoire style Queen size bed, C. 1930.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The frame features elegant floral carvings highlighted with giltwood accents, adding refined detail to the clean, classical Directoire lines. The soft painted finish enhances the scu...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
A French Directoire Style Painted and Carved Bed, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome French Directoire style bed crafted in carved beech and retaining its original painted finish. The rectangular headboard and footboard are decorated with classical urn mot...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Beech, Paint
Pair of Very Fine Cerused Mahogany New Upholstery Twin Size Headboards Beds MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Very Fine Cerused Mahogany New Upholstery Twin Size Headboards Beds MINT
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20th Century French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Fireplace Screen
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Directoire style dark grey iron paneled fireplace screen with X frame panels centered with gold rosettes and raised on paw feet.
Dimensions
38" W x 9" D x 30" H.
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Materials
Iron
$852 Sale Price / item
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Directoire Style Bed In Lacquered Wood And Canework
Located in BARSAC, FR
Directoire style bed in cream lacquered wood on a white background and caned trim.
Quality work from the end of the 19th century.
Solid beech.
Very good condition, wear to the lacq...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Giltwood Barometer "Selon Toricelli"
Located in Madrid, ES
Barometer end of the 18th century, Directorie, in carved and gilded wood, by Selon Toriceli, with allegory music wing on the top, beautiful patina, and decorative barometer...
Category
19th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
$1,790 Sale Price
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Early 19th Century Directoire Cherry Wood Antique Single Bed
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Delicious Italian directoire antique single bed in cherry wood, 1800. Internal dimensions inch W 30,70 D 74,01 cm W 78, D 188. Attention this bed wi...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
$2,393 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Directoire Bedside Nightstand Table In Walnut And Marquetry - Italy 19th
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant Italian bedside table dates to the early 19th century and reflects the clean, architectural lines of the Directoire period. Expertly crafted from solid walnut, the piece...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Twins Beds
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful set of twins beds with the original grey lacquered color. The beds are complete with spring boxes, mattresses, covered and pillows.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
$8,600 / set
French 18th Century Directoire Bed
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century Directoire bed.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Miniature Walnut Commode
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th Century walnut commode, the inlaid top with cookie corners over turned and fluted legs flanking three inlaid drawers and standing on turned turnip feet, French or Italian ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Ebony, Fruitwood, Walnut, Pine
$2,850
French Directoire Carved Wood and Red Upholstered Daybed
Located in Queens, NY
French Directoire daybed with a carved wooden frame a finial top on each end and an urn engraved in to the frame of the bed
Category
20th Century French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
A Large Directoire Period Painted Seven- fold Screen, French Late 18th century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Directoire Period Painted Seven- fold Screen, French Late 18th century
Height: 175 cm Width: 420 cm fully extended Depth: 3 cm each panel
Provenance: Private Australian Col...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood
Antique 17th C. French Directoire Gilt Wood Fretwork Fireplace Tapestry Screen
Located in Dayton, OH
Extremely rare late 17th century museum quality giltwood fireplace screen. Features exceptional interlaced fretwork between ornately fluted columns mounted by pinecone finials. Inc...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Giltwood
$2,500 Sale Price
46% Off
French 19th Century Pair of Beds
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Those pair of frame beds wears the original paint, the inside dimensions for a spring box are 35.75 x 74.5
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
$3,860 / set
French Directoire Period Four Poster Bed, France 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very rare Directoire period four poster bed.
Headboard and footboard are original - including paint.
The tops curve gracefully outward. The friezes at either end feature beaut...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Early 19th-Century Italian Directoire Walnut Bedside Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant early 19th-century bedside cabinet in solid walnut, crafted in Italy in the Directoire style. The design is clean and vertical, with tapered legs and refined proportions t...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Brass Tapesty Fireplace Screen Ball
Claw Hearthware Guard
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Victorian Directoire fireplace screen. Made of brass featuring exceptional reticulated fretwork with fluting and ornate ball & claw feet. Great for use with stained gl...
Category
19th Century Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century Green Painted Household Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th century green-painted household shrine, or niche, in Directoire neoclassical style (circa 1795-1815). Used for lighting candles or placing statue of saint. Original green ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Directoire Boot Scrape
Located in New York, NY
French Directoire boot scrape. Iron boot scrape on winged paw feet, France late 18th century.
Dimension: 11" H x 10" D x 13" W.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Miniature French Directoire Style Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Directoire style miniature chest of drawers.
Category
20th Century Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
French Directoire Style Night Stand in Solid Cherry with 1 Drawer
Located in Landivy, FR
This night stand is a handmade and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century.
This period is remarkable with its straight, classical a...
Category
2010s French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cherry, Oak
Mid-20th Century Directoire Nightstand in Walnut, Restored and Polished to Wax
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-20th century Directoire style cabinet with drawers, nightstand, in walnut, restored and polished to wax
Measure cm: H 65 x W 54 x D 37.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
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French Louis XVI Directoire Style Bedside Table in Solid Oak, 1 Drawer
Located in Landivy, FR
This night stand is a handmade and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century.
This period is remarkable with its straight, classical a...
Category
2010s French Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cherry, Oak
19th Century, French Center Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in IT
19th century, French center cabinet with marble top
This central cabinet was made in France, during the Directoire period, between the late eighteenth and the beginning of the ninet...
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Early 19th Century Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
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Marble, Bronze
Directoire Diminutive Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant and a Similar Diminutive
Located in Buchanan, MI
A 19th century Directoire diminutive walnut Secrétaire a' Abattant and a similar diminutive five-drawer chest. Great small drinks table or jewelry chest. Great attention paid to deta...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Directoire More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
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