What were some characteristics of the Regence style?

The style of the early 1700s received its name because a regent (temporary ruler) governed France during the period. After Louis XIV died in 1715, his 5-year-old great-grandson became King Louis XV. Because of the king's youth, his uncle, the Duke of Orleans, was appointed regent. The duke disliked the formality of Versailles and moved the royal court to Paris. There, a less ceremonial life style developed. People of the court lived in residences called town houses, which were smaller and more intimate than the Palace of Versailles. The style of furniture created for these town houses became known as the Regence style.

Regence furniture had a lighter, more graceful quality than Louis XIV furniture, emphasizing curves and delicate floral designs. Perhaps its most important characteristic was the use of the cabriole leg, which was inspired by Chinese furniture.

During the Regence period, the French cabinetmakers Andre Charles Boulle and Charles Cressent developed a low chest of drawers called a commode.

§ The Bauhaus style

How did the Bauhaus influence furniture design in the 1900's?

It was an influential school of design founded in 1919 by the German architect and educator Walter Gropius. It made important contributions to furniture design in the 1900's. One such development was the use of tubular steel to frame and support chairs, tables, and sofas. Produced by machine, steel tubing could be bent and shaped to form simple, elegant frames that required little hand-finishing and upholstery.

The German architect Marcel Breuer, a Bauhaus instructor, introduced tubular steel in his light, graceful, and comfortable Wassily chair of 1925. The Wassily chair had a frame of chrome-plated tubular steel and simple canvas or leather upholstery. In 1929, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a director of the Bauhaus, created the Barcelona chair, which had curved, flat steel struts supporting loose removable leather back and seat cushions. The curved X-shaped legs of this chair resembled those of the ancient Roman curule stool.

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What styles do these features below belong to?

ornamented cupboard, curved legs, animal shaped couch, scrolled pattern, curved slabs, guilded chest, S-shaped curves, three-legged stool.

§ Try to explain the meanings of these expressions and draw these elements of furniture.

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