1. Louis XIV Style 1643-1715 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

2. Louis XV Style 1715-1774 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

3. Louis VI Style 1774-1792 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,

4. Louis VI Style 1774-1792 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