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| NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - THE EMPIRE STYLE |
| Tapisserie de France 7, rue des Moulins 75001 Paris France |
Napoléon 1st crowned Napoléon Bonaparte Borne in Ajaccio (1769)
First Consul in 1802, Emperor from 1804 to 1815. |
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FURNITURES & SEATS EMPIRE STYLE
With the return of the Egyptian expedition, Egyptian motifs will develop. They adorn rectangular, geometric line chairs with a balanced and solemn shape. Chiseled bronze makes then shine. Mahogany is the favorite wood until 1806, date of the blockade ordered by Napoleon 1st which closes the continent to british trade. Imports of mahogany wood into France cease, it is replaced by indigenous wood which are sometimes stained in the "mahogany fashion". |
| NAPOLEON & EMPIRE STYLE - NEEDLEPOINT SEATS
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0304 Emp. 
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0419 Emp.
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0304 Emp.Seat covering tapestry of a rose stitched in range of red, surrounded of a wreath of Laurel leaves and yellow flowers placed to the four cardinal points. Closing with elegance this composition there are in each angle a small palm which is a remembering of previous Directoire period. |
| 0419 Emp.Magnificent Lamp to oil with an angel that lights the flame of the end of its arrow. Shade of this composition develops a range of gold and ecru. The gold would be stitched with silk threads rendering so the bright aspect of this Emperium period. |
0357 Emp.
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0258B Emp.
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0357 Emp.A symmetrical composition, to vivid colors with in its center a rosace and a wreath of stylized leaf and modern motives. Finally is found a garland of volutes and arabesques. This needlepoint tapestry is realized in range of gold, ochres and green. |
| 0258B Emp.A rose Magnificent, painted with gilded ochres, is surrounded of a garland to the luxuriant foliage and to multicolored flowers. These crown is a recall to the bundle of lictor of the previous french revolution. |
0085 Emp.
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0565 Emp.
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0085 Emp.A delightful lyre is circled of one crown of leaves of Laurel. The needlework is declined in a range of ochres gilded. The green chooses here for the background is the most adapted to this drawing. |
| 0565 Emp.Rosace of rose surronded to the lower part by arabesques and around by a garland of white Laurel flowers. The composition rest is a symmetrical basis realized with volutes and arabesques. The totality of this drawing is processed in the tones of green and bronze. |
| ¹ Needlepoint Tapestry kits contain the hand painted canvas in full colour from Annie Bouquet 's Studio (NB: any color combination may be ordered, according to decoration.), yarns, two plated Gold needles, and instructions. The 100% cotton canvas is a double weave antique or white Monofil. The yarn is 100% pure wool "Medicis" from DMC France and some others dyed specificaly for us to Aubusson. |
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