Empire style

E:The creators of the Empire style were... French architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Louis Fontaine. They designed the furniture and decor of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They issued the "Palais maisons et autres edifices de Rome moderne" (1802, Paris) and "Residences des souverains" (1833, Paris) in which it concluded assumptions style. Empire was modeled on the architectural elements of Roman, Greek and Egyptian. For the style it was characteristic of symmetry, monumentality…

Conservators from the Royal Danish Collections at Rosenborg and Amalienborg worked on the task of re-creating the colours of the interiors in Frederik VIII's

Fashion Plate, 'Half Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, November 1, 1810, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Empire Style furniture. Wing chair, high end dining chair, accent chair.

1810 ca. Evening Dress, British. Empire style, short sleeves, machine made silk net, embroidered with chenille thread, with silk ribbon, hand-sewn.

Empire style dress worn by Mrs. M. Post's daughter to her mother's wedding, 1935. Hillwood Estate and Musuem.

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Monique Lhuillier Fall/Winter 2012 bridal collection, is totally her – lots of lace, detailed bodices, elegant but delicate sashes, and the most creative uses of textures. Monique’s play on sexine…

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More than 4 billion people live in urban areas globally. It’s now projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. So no wonder we pay more importance to the buildings and structures around us.