Napoleon Iii Vase White
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Bottles
Opaline Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Ja...
Porcelain
Antique 1870s European Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Glass
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Porcelain
Bronze
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Urns
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vases
Majolica
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Vases
Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s French Empire Urns
Siena Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Majolica, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Spelter
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Ceramics
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Garniture
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Stone, Marble, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Vases
Opaline Glass
Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Jars
Ceramic
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Asian Napoleon III Vases
Stone, Marble
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase...
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Bookends
Marble
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Bottles
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Pedestals
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Glass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Porcelain
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Wall Clocks
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century German Napoleon III Porcelain
Gold
Antique 19th Century German Napoleon III Glass
Crystal
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Paintings
Canvas
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Enamel
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Carrara Marble, Bronze
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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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