Napoleon Iii Liquor
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Barware
Brass, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Crystal
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Barware
Fruitwood
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Rosewood
Antique Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Glass, Rosewood
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Bronze
Antique 1840s French Napoleon III Barware
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Brass
Recent Sales
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Art Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Elm
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Furniture
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass, Copper
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Ebony
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French More Dining and Entertaining
Rosewood
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Copper, Brass, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Brass
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Crystal, Brass
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Bronze
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal
Antique 1840s French Napoleon III Cabinets
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Bronze
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Brass
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Barware
Glass, Wood
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Crystal
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Bronze, Copper, Pewter
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Glass
Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Walnut
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique Late 18th Century British Decorative Boxes
Glass, Wood
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Dry Bars
Crystal, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Brass
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Brass
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Barware
Mahogany
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Barware
Crystal, Brass, Zinc, Copper
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Crystal Serveware
Crystal, Brass
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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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