Louis Seize

[ sez ]

adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France at the end of the 18th century, continuing the lightness of the Louis Quinze period with a stricter adherence to classical models.

Origin of Louis Seize

1
1890–95; <French: Louis XVI

Words Nearby Louis Seize

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How to use Louis Seize in a sentence

  • The ceiling, too, was pink, and the Louis Seize furniture was lacquered pink.

    Bijou | Gyp
  • Bakkus, with an air Louis Seize, implied that one, two or three hundred francs were as dirt in his fingers.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke
  • The name of Malesherbes, the intrepid defender of Louis Seize, was mentioned by our friend.

  • There was silence in the gaily-tinted, flower-filled salon, save for the tick of an absurd Louis Seize clock on the mantel.

    Vision House | C. N. Williamson
  • Two of those graceful chairs of the Louis Seize period and a small footstool completed the furnishing of this room.

    The House in Good Taste | Elsie de Wolfe

British Dictionary definitions for Louis Seize

Louis Seize

/ (sɛz) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the style of furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XVI of France, belonging to the late French rococo and early neoclassicism

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