Régence

American  

[ree-juhns, rey-zhahns] / ˈri dʒəns, reɪˈʒɑ̃s /

adjective

(often lowercase)

1. noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of c1700–20, in which a transition occurs from the Baroque style of Louis XIV to the Rococo of Louis XV.

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Etymology

Origin of Régence

< French, Middle French < Medieval Latin rēgentia regency

Example Sentences

An earlier encounter in Cologne had not gone well, but they met again at the Café de la Régence, in 1844, and ended up spending ten days together talking.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 3, 2016

The opulent salon featured curved mirror paneling, a Régence giltwood mirror and Louis XV chairs.

From Architectural Digest • Mar. 1, 2010

While ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin preferred to eschew the Paris opera for chess at the Café de la Régence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paliser, ruminating the possibilities of her slim beauty served Régence, smiled at this girl who did not smile back.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

She took the wing of a chicken and, began to eat it delicately with one of those small rolls which in Normandy are called "Régence."

From Mademoiselle Fifi by Maupassant, Guy de