Louis XIV Style Charles de Brun – most reputed interior designer A. Boulle - most famous cabinetmaker Venered furniture - marqentry, tortoise shell, brass insertion High backed chairs with scrolled arms & legs Painted walls Rich colors – bright red, green & violet Large tapestries, paintings Heavy columns, marble floors & walls Stuco decorations with guided bronze & silver Lots of mirrors, chandeliers

Louis XV Style Solemnity is replaced by sweetness and beauty Carved, painted and guided panelling Colors: buffs, creams, gold, yellow, silver, blues, greens Motifs: flowers, leaves, shells, quivers, doves, palms, corals, fossils Soft comfortable interiors never seen before Commode was the iconic furniture item Furniture - artificially coloured wood, satinwood or rosewood; curves, warped mouldings, spirals C & S shapes, asymmetry Chairs with cabriole (S shape) legs Vaulted doors

Louis VI Style An interest in classicism Herculaneum & Pompei Clasical decorations – columns & pilasters Geometrical forms Motifs: hooks, pipes, ribbons, shepherdess, thatched cottages, bagpipes, flower basquests Oval rooms dorned ceilings & cornice Ceilings with blue skyes and clouds Garlands of flowers, symbols of Marie Antoinette Whimsical arabesques, inflated shapes Comode with straight legs, depicting classical scenes,

Louis VI Style Cabinets with Sevres porcelain Chairs with oval & square back, quilted and painted wood Fireplaces are small & made from marble Copper screens Wood lacquered in grey, producing a cool, proper, monotone effect Vanities and bureaux were done in mahogany with eagle claw feet Table tops and secretaries with a narrow copper trim Kidney shapes & pedestal tables Four poster beds with tumbling silk draperies