Directoire Style

The Directoire style develops within the Neoclassicism movement. The main characteristic, therefore, is that of the refusal of Rococo . In the Directoire era, the taste for the past developed, partly due to the discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii. You get to have a real passion for the taste of the past inspired by Roman and Greek models. It is a style that developed in France at the end of the eighteenth century, under the reign of Louis XVI who acted as an intermediary between the ancien régime and Napoleon's empire. In Italy, on the other hand, it lasts for a few years, from 1795 to 1805. In this period there were many social changes and the style of the furniture changed with them.

Directoire-style furniture

Directoire-style furniture is valuable and rare, usually highly valued on the market. They are distinguished by simple and refined shapes, light woods, metal applications. The decorative motifs are elegant and recall antiquity: sphinxes, palms, amphorae, swans, geometric motifs. Antique furniture becomes more restrained, more suitable for the bourgeoisie. The simple lines that characterize the directoire-style furnishings reflect the sobriety of the customs of the time. New types of furniture are developed which will then have success throughout the 19th century. An example is the secretaire which presents itself as an evolution of the eighteenth-century limelight. Even the construction of period furniture changes. The drawers have guides, more elongated dovetails and the back is in walnut and inserted into the uprights.

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