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

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Louis Seize

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

It struck her that he was listening intently as he threaded his way through the priceless Louis Seize garniture of the white drawing-room.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon

In the Jones Collection, at South Kensington, there are also several charming examples of Louis Seize meubles de luxe.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

The influence of the change which had occurred in France during the Louis Seize period is equally evident in the Adams' treatment.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

In brief, then, I will tell you that he was the younger son of an old and noble house, and, for seven years, page to Louis Seize.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton