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NAPOLEON III STYLE

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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Style: Napoleon III
Late 19th-Century French Equestrian Prints by Ernest Alexandre Bodoy, A. Legras
Located in Glasgow, GB
Late 19th-Century French Equestrian chromolithograph prints by Ernest Alexandre Bodoy, A. Legras. Capturing the exhilarating energy of equestrian steeplechase scenes, as originally...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Chromo-Lithograph Boat of Nymphs by H Clementz in Its Frame, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Boat of Nymphs by Hermann Clementz. Clementz was a German genre and portrait painter (1852-1930). In 2012, the original oil painted of this lithograph "Boat of Nymphs" was found in...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper, Wood

19th Century French Color Women Fashion Prints Framed Dated 1890 "Set of Five"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a bathroom or a walking closet with this collection of antique "Mode de Paris" fashion prints. Crafted in France during the Napoleon III period...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Giltwood, Paper

The Jews In Front Of Solomon's Wall, Framed Engraving, Alexandre Bida, 19th Cent
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large framed engraving entitled Jews before Solomon's Wall (translated into Hebrew and German): Jewish believers are presented in prayer in front of the wall, standing or kneeling. The artist Alexandre Bida paid a lot of attention to clothing details and facial expressions; the importance of the moment is reinforced by the deliberate choice of using black and white Engraving framed in a gilded frame (wear and losses) and glazed (cracked window in the lower left corner), foxing on the paper It bears the words " Drawn by Bida", "Alphonse Masson Aqua forti" and "Pollet sculpsit" Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) is a painter and engraver from Toulouse, who was a student of Eugène Delacroix. A traveling painter, at the age of 30 he embarked on a long trip to Greece, Turkey and Syria. With his proposals for orientalist drawings...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Victor Adam A Fabulous Set of Six Lithographs 1851 'Amazones'
Located in Pewsey, GB
Series of Six Fabulous Coloured Lithographs by Victor Adam depicting scenes of six Amazon women on horseback in battle with wild animals. Date 1851. Size plus frame: Height 65 cm, W...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

Regnier, Bettanier, Morlon, French Color Lithographs With Period Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Parti...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Wood, Paper

Suite Of 4 Engravings, 19th Century Reprint, Very Beautiful Napoleon III Frames
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Suite Of 4 Engravings, 19th Century Reprint, Very Beautiful Napoleon III Frames
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

French Napoleon III Engraving “Battle of Marengo” by Jacques-Joseph Coiny
By Louis Aimé Lejeune
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exceptional and unique engraving made by the engraver Jacques-Joseph Coiny, after the painting by Louis-François Lejeune on the Battle of Marengo (1800). Louis-François Lejeune was a...
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1840s Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Fruitwood, Paper

Old Original Engraving with soldiers characters in Paris France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an engraving, with blue, Red colors. Representing Soldiers in place Vendôme, and Place du Chatelet in Paris.. It has been made in France in the 19th Century. With the collect...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

Old Original Engraving with soldiers characters Dutch 17th Century Set of 12
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an engravings set of 12, with black color. Representing Soldiers. It has been made in Holland in the 17th Century.
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17th Century Dutch Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

Old Original Engraving with soldiers characters France 19th set of 10
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an engraving, with blue, Red colors. Representing Soldiers in place Vendôme, and Place du Chatelet in Paris.. It has been made in France in the 19th Century. With the collect...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

Philae Island, framed engraving, XIXth century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large framed engraving representing a view of the island and the temple of Philae: "general view taken from the North West side" It bears the mentions "Balzac del", "Paris ag Fort" ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Suite of 5 Framed Engravings, Antique Scenes, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 5 Framed Engravings, Antique Scenes, 19th Century. Suite of 5 framed antique engravings from the 19th century, depicting scenes in ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

Nargeol Adrien Pair Prints Painted Watercolor With Gilded Frames
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Pair of prints engraved by burin and painted in watercolor; both are a tribute to Cupid; the name Cupid - meaning desire, lust - was given by the Romans to the Greek god of love, actually called Eros. Alternatively, he was called just Love always by the Latins. As the son of Aphrodite, goddess of love, he, like his mother, was capable of any act, even deplorable. In the first print, which has been cut out and shaped, there are two young girls offering God a basket of fruit and a goblet of wine; in the second print a mature woman is about to be hit by Cupid's love arrow; both prints have been made with a beautiful burin engraving, then finished with delicate watercolors. The frames are handmade in gilded wood. The prints were made between 1850 and 1855 by Adrien Nargeol (see signature) a prolific and talented French engraver and were published in the "Journal des Demoiselles...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Wood, Paper

Old Original Engraving with soldiers characters France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an engraving,black color. Representing Soldiers. It has been made in France in the 19th Century. With the collection stamp.
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19th Century Italian Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Paper

19th Century Engraving, under Glass, Depicting "the Family Museum"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century engraving, under glass, depicting "The Family Museum". Measures: H 21cm, L 14cm, P 1cm
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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19th Century Engraving, under Glass, Representing an Elegant Front and Back
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century engraving, under glass, representing an elegant front and back Measures: W 31cm, D 21cm, H 5cm.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Steel Engraving from the 19th Century of Rembrandt by Francesco Novelisme
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Steel engraving from the 19th century of Rembrandt by Francesco Novelisme, 1992. Measures: H 21cm, L 16cm.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Steel Engraving of the Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Steel engraving of the portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, 19th century. Measures: H 27cm, L 20cm.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Steel Engraving from the 19th Century Representing a Painting of Rembrandt
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Steel engraving from the 19th century representing a painting of Rembrandt by Franceso Novesllsine. 1892 Measure: H 23cm, L 19cm.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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19th Century Continental Print
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Continental Print. Beautiful print, see detailed pics. Contact us for more information.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Prints

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Set of 12 Original Antique Adam Style Architectural Prints. C. 1816
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Original Japanese Woodblock Print by Totoya Hokkei 19th Century
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Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
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Peter Paul Rubens Six Plate Engraving, The Battle of the Amazons
Located in Milford, NH
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First Edition Prints 'Description de L'Egypt'
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French Lithograph of Wine Drinkers Enjoying Festivities
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An amusing colored lithograph of a group of gentlemen enjoying the effects of too much wine. Titled Les Fins Gourmets. After a painting by J.P. Hasencleves, lithography by Thielley. Framed and matted in archival materials. Provenance: From the collection of a Napa Valley Winery...
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19th Century French King of France Framed Color Prints "Set of Three"
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Chromo-Lithograph Fairies Dance by Zabateri, Late 19th Century
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Set of Two Chromo-Lithographs Sacred Heart Jesus Immaculate Heart Mary, 1880
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19th Century French Color Men & Women Fashion Prints Dated 1870- Set of Eighteen
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Lithograph Engraving ‘Paris in her Splendor’ Church of the Madeleine
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