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      • DELIGHTFUL DO'S The 2023 Spring List
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    • BLUEPRINT >
      • Antique French Longcase Clock
      • Your Guide To Stylish French Seating
    • FÊTES & FOLLIES >
      • The Art Of Stocking The Bar
      • Lolo's Bar Cart Cocktail Recipes
      • Lolo's Guide To Holiday Tablescapes
      • Lolo's Twelve Days Of Cocktails
      • FaLaLoloLa Holiday Pop-Up
    • FRENCH TRADITIONS
    • LOLO LOVES
    • MEDIA MENTIONS
    • TESTIMONIALS
    • THREE FRENCH HOUNDS
    • TIMELINE >
      • French Furniture Periods
    • TRAVEL >
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18TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XIV STYLE NORMANDY BONNETIERE IN BLEACHED WALNUT
18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV PERIOD LYONNAISE CHATEAU BONNETIERE
SET OF TEN 19TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XIV STYLE DINING CHAIRS
FRENCH LOUIS XIV PERIOD WALNUT BUFFET DEUX CORPS
EXCEPTIONAL PERIOD LOUIS XIII/LOUIS XIV TRANSITIONAL CHATEAU ARMOIRE
COUNTRY FRENCH LOUIS XIV PERIOD CHATEAU BUFFET A DEUX CORPS
17TH CENTURY FRENCH PERIOD LOUIS XIII/LOUIS XIV TRANSITIONAL ENFILADE BUFFET
PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XIV STYLE WALNUT FAUTEUILS
18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV STYLE BUFFET DE CHASSE WITH ROUGE MARBLE TOP
18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV PAINTED BUFFET D'APPUI
LATE 18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV STYLE WASHED OAK ARMOIRE
EXCEPTIONAL LATE 17TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XIV PERIOD ARMOIRE
ANTIQUE FRENCH BAROQUE GRAND SCALE GOLD LEAF MIRROR
PAIR FRENCH ANTIQUE LOUIS XIV FAUTEUILS
18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV STYLE BUFFET D'APPUI
18TH CENTURY LOUIS XIV STYLE WASHED OAK BUFFET D'APPUI
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Lolo French Antiques Louis XIV element
Louis XIV style is marked by dignity, grandeur, bold effects, lavish but not excessive ornament, and faultless workmanship. Curves were modest, straight lines prominent and elaborate ornamentation reigned supreme. Chairs were varied, ranging from the stool to the high back padded armchair, which was more like a throne, with heavy carvings and rich upholstery. 

Most chairs from this period have stretchers. One of the most common styles of French chairs is the fauteuil, an upholstered armchair with open sides that came into popularity under the reign of Louis XIV. Eventually, upholstered pads were added to the top of the fauteuil armrests for even greater comfort.

The commode, or chest of drawers, appeared with ornate brass pulls and key escutcheons. Console tables and writing desks became fashionable, and mirrors, chandeliers and candelabras became more common. The cabinet arrived from Italy. Legs were figural, baluster and claw, many with pied de biche (hoof foot).

Gilded bronze decoration was popular and André-Charles Boulle created marquetry. Much of the finest furniture made by Boulle and his numerous imitators was of ebony and carved gilt wood.

Design motifs backed Louis XIV, the Sun King, as all powerful. Furniture was interlaced with the "L" initial, fleur de lis, and the sunburst. Other popular motifs include: acanthus leaves, arabesques, musical instruments, human and animal grotesques, sphinxes, gryphons, and lion heads and paws. 

Louis XIV was advertising his power over the church with furniture designs and positioning himself as a semi-deity to his people. Because Louis XIV furniture was so elaborate and costly, very few pieces were produced or found in the homes of the middle class. The sumptuous interiors and the elegant cabinetwork so characteristic of the Louis XIV style were confined to the royal palaces and to the splendid mansions of the aristocracy located in and around Paris.

The era of King Louis XIV marked the definite end of the Renaissance period in France and the beginning of a series of distinct period furniture styles, the first being the enormously influential Baroque. The royal furniture factory, Manufacture des Gobelins, was founded during this period. Louis XIV's reign (72 years, 3 months and 18 days) is the longest of any European monarch to date. It was an age of courtly splendor and grandeur; of rich, massive furniture, well suited to the Palace of Versaille, which became the official residence for the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790. 
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