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French antique furniture louis xvi.
Straight lines and simplicity are the guiding principles of this period.
Increasingly dining room tables came into use.
Mahogany was popularized and turning came back into fashion as a means for decoration.
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Louis xvi furniture is characterized by elegance and neoclassicism a return to ancient greek and roman models much of it was designed and made for queen marie antoinette for the new apartments she created in the palace of versailles palace of fontainebleau the tuileries palace and other royal residences the finest craftsmen of the time including jean henri riesener georges jacob martin.
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Following the discovery of the buried cities of pompeii and herculaneum neoclassical fashion reinterprets the ornamental vocabulary.
The few curves that persisted in transition furniture are henceforth eschewed.
Louis xvi furniture affirms the definitive abandonment of rococo in favour of neoclassical.
Furniture created during the reign of king louis xvi favored a more rustic feeling than previous eras.
Louis xvi pieces have rectangular forms.
The louis xvi style advocates simpler less ornate furniture design.
Louis xvi 1770 1789 materials.
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In louis xvi architecture and furniture designs the curves are eliminated and replaced by straight lines which is a total opposite to the louis xv style.