Louis Treize

American  

[trez, trez] / trɛz, trɛz /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.

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Louis Treize British  

/ trɛz /

adjective

1. of or relating to the style of furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XIII of France, with rich decorative features based on classical models

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Etymology

Origin of Louis Treize

1880–85; < French: Louis XIII

Example Sentences

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Louis Treize

It is genuine antique," says she, "the Louis Treize period, one piece.

From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell

What did Oliver know of Lydian modes or Louis Treize decoration or Astec clay dogs?

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John

He did not know anything about the time, and his wicked Marquis de Villebelle is not early Louis Treize at all, but rather late Louis Quinze.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Then the Gavotte in this book is as graceful and catching as the Gavotte de Louis Treize, and would be in great request with orchestras and bands everywhere.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 by Various

Among gentlemen he was the English gentleman; with ladies his aim was the Gallican courtier of any period from Louis Treize to Louis Quinze.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George