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American Empire (style)Posted on:4/8/2006
| American Empire is a French-inspired Neo-classical style of American furniture and decoration that was initiated just before 1800 and is most notably exemplified by the furniture of Duncan Phyfe and Paris-trained Charles-Honoré Lannuier. |
American Empire is a French-inspired Neo-classical style of American furniture and decoration that was initiated just before 1800 and is most notably exemplified by the furniture of Duncan Phyfe and Paris-trained Charles-Honoré Lannuier. Their work in this style is characterized by antiquities-inspired carving, applied, gilded brass mounts, and inlaid decorative elements such as stamped brass banding with egg-and-dart, diamond, or greek key patterns, or individual shapes such as stars or circles. The most elaborate examples were made before around 1825, and incorporate carved columns and figures finished with a combination of gilding and vert-antique. A more plain version of American Empire furniture, usually referred to as the Grecian style, generally demonstrates curved forms, figured mahogany veneer, and sometimes stencilled decorations. This American version of the Central-European Biedermeier style, continued to be made in conservative centers past the mid-nineteenth century.Two major centers of American Empire style cabinet-making were New York and Baltimore.
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