DESIGNING FOR THE EMPEROR: THE CASES OF AN EMPIRE STYLE CEREMONIAL ARMCHAIR AND A ROYAL CONSOLE TABLE IN TUILERIES PALACE.
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https://doi.org/10.33871/23580437.2017.4.2.062-073Keywords:
Napoleon, Empire style, furniture, Tuileries Palace, Percier, Fontaine, ancient world.Abstract
This paper constitutes an attempt to both examine and illustrate the uniqueness of the Empire style furniture during the Napoleonic times under the charismatic influence of the most notable architects and designers of the era Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Leonard Fontaine and their partners.
The reason for this research is the selection and analysis of two outstanding pieces of furniture, from a utility, design and aesthetics perspective, created for special reasons by the above-mentioned designers for the famous Tuileries Palace, the building of prominent political and personal importance for Napoleon Bonaparte.
Through the research of these two different case studies / objects will emerge the specific morphological, aesthetic, historical, political and cultural elements that shaped the famous Empire style, while we will attempt to discuss and finally understand the design logic of its two characteristic, most representative designers.
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