Louis Seize

American  

[sez] / sɛz /

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.

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Louis Seize British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of Louis Seize

1890–95; < French: Louis XVI

Example Sentences

First of all, she has redecorated the apartment with lots of Louis Seize pieces and hung chandeliers even in the bathrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The desk, which shows plainly the transition between the Louis Quinze and Louis Seize styles, is as remarkable for the boldness of its conception as for the magnificent finish of its details.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Well, it doesn't matter whether it's Empire, or Louis Seize, or Henri Quatre, or Chinois.

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

Two of those graceful chairs of the Louis Seize period and a small footstool completed the furnishing of this room.

From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de

A timepiece fit for a prince, and belonged originally to Louis Seize.

From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various