Empire (style)

Empire is a French style of the first quarter of the 19th Century, popular under Napoleon Bonaparte as well as during the Restoration period (1815-1830). It is characterized by details adapted from the artworks of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.

Furniture

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  Chair, one of a pair, Empire period. Wood and gold rechampi en blanc

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  Armchair

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  Armchair

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  Armchair

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  Empire-Furniture, with old Beauvais tapestry a wedding present by French king Louis Philippe to his son-in-law in the Royal Palace in Brussels

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  Armchair, one of a pair. Gilt beechwood upholstered with stitched lampas, Paris, ca. 1830

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  stools

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  Imperial throne

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  Imperial throne

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  Desk

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  Royal Palace of Madrid

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  Empire-bed in Château de Maisons-Laffite

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  Bedroom of emperor Napoleon

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  Napoleon's Chamber in Grand Trianon, Versailles

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  Bedroom in Château de Compiègne

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  Birth room of King Louis II. of Bavaria

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  Clock representing Mars and Venus, an allegory of the wedding of Napoleon I and Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. Bronze with patina and gold decoration, ca. 1810

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  Gilded goddess on a commode in Napoleon´s Villa Mulini on Elba

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  Russian Samovar (for tea) in form of ancient Greek vase.

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  Joachim Murat on decorative cup with saucer