Louis Quinze

American  

[kanz, kanz] / kænz, kɛ̃z /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.

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Louis Quinze British  

/ kænz /

adjective

1. of or relating to the rococo style of the furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XV of France

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Etymology

Origin of Louis Quinze

1850–55; < French: Louis XV

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Louis Quinze

In this rich compendium, Novelist Mordecai Richler attempts to lift humorists out of the high chair and onto the Louis Quinze.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an ornate salon on the main floor, delegates from six of the seven Arab states sat on the brittle insecurity of Louis Quinze chairs, stalked haughtily across priceless Iranian rugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through this aperture the delegations would file, one at a time, to sit in gold-backed Louis Quinze chairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the family quarters, Jackie will bring some of her own delicate Louis Quinze furniture, her books and paintings.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was her ambition to be the "Grand Monarque" of the North, and to show the Paris of Louis Quinze that the age of Olympian sovereignty was not yet past.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John