Decorate Your Home With The Best Empire Style Furniture From Bernadette Livingston

The empire stylefurniture is basically the elaborated neoclassical style of furnishing of the period of Napoleon the first emperor of France (1804-1815). The roman inspired furniture ranges played a major role here as the Roman government converted to an empire from a republic. But there was no distinctive style of this type of architecture. This style of furniture was inspired largely by Percier and Fontaine- the architects of Napoleon.

This period mainly combined the martial symbols as well as the grandeur of Rome with the elements of Greek architecture and the ancient Egyptian motifs. Besides, the conventional classic motifs, which were already found in the reign of Louis XVI, were supplemented by the symbols of imperial grandeur. These include:

•      The monogram and the emblem of the emperor- the bee
•      Egyptian motifs after successful campaigning in Egypt
•     Representation of the military trophies

This type of furniture can be characterized easily by the symmetry in decoration and by the clear-cut silhouettes. Besides, the furniture ranges of this era are architectural in concept, massive in size and also trimmed abundantly in brass and bronze on mahogany, ebony and rosewood.

Apart from that, the Mahogany-veneered furniture ranges with ormolu mounts (a kind of brass used to imitate gold) assumed the shapes of the Greek, Egyptian and Roman tables and chairs with pilasters headed with busts, sphinxes or palm leaves and with winged-lion supports. There was no classical prototype. Rather the modern designs were enlivened with the motifs of ancient ornaments or with symbolic implications in reference to the reign of Napoleon.

So, if you are interested in this furniture style and want to decorate your interior with the style of the French emperor, then visit Bernadette LivingstonFurniture. Here you will find a complete range of high end and luxurious empire style furniture, which will define your class.