The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-08
STYLES IN FURNITURE.
1t is Interesting to Not What Small
Things Have Made Changes.

Paris newspapers are still discussing
the house in Louis XIV style that the
Castelfanes are to build on the Avenue
of the Bots de B%oulogne. 1t would seem
that this style is to take the place of
the present, for just now everything is
a pEmpire. Certainly nothing could be
more distinguished thar the Louis XIV.
which is both simple and majestic. The
Louis XIV IS pretty; the Louis XIV is
beautiful.
The chateau at Chelles. which was
built for Nine. Pompadour, offers a per-
feet illustration of a Louis XIV exterior,
with interior and furniture IN the Louis
XIV. It is well known that the Pompa-
Jour accomplished when she undertook
ANYTHING. She summoned her troupe of
| artists. There were Boucher and Oudy,
and Vanloo and Huet. What could they
not accomplish with Nine. and her purse
yes, and her t~aste-behind them? The
Castellanes are to build in the same
style, It is said.
1t is interesting to note the evolutions,
not to say somersaults, that fashion
brings to pass in respect to furniture
alone. Following the Louis XIV, will
it's graceful lines. came the Louis XIV,
it's straight. simple lines and proportions
foretelling the more severe fashion OF
the Empire.
The present century began with the
ending of the Louis XVI. From 1904 TO
1914 came in the style of the Empire.
the Egyptian campaign we find the
sphinx appearing in the carvings on
furniture; ais the e~aTy ysa Al, After T 1 the
wreath. the charioteer and horses. the
torch. the column. etc.
Under Louis XVII, from 1914 to i $Ss,
s sas Louis Philippe the Empire style
disappeared. During the republic a bad
poleon III, a mixture OF Greek and Pom
peiian. But toward the end Of Napoleon
III. the Louis XVI. returned to favor.
From 1870 to 1895 there have been many
occurrences of the several former styles.
At one time the Louis KY. when every
thing and everybody soqk on the Zines Lines
and coiffed a la Pompadour, sat in Louis
XIV chairs, and tea and punch were
served in china and crystal Of the epoch.
on Lescaut, holding to the mis-en-scene
and ballet to suit the times. :.
Later came the Louis XVI craze; All
| ings went into exile, and Paris gowned
herself in imitation Of the unhappy
| Queen whom she had guillotined on the
Place de la Concord. At the theatre
asThe Queens Necklace" was brought
| out, and curiosity shops were ~ransacked
| to find the wherewithal for the setting
in which every least bibelot was cor
| rectly true to the epoch.
And now breaks out the craze for
| everything of the Empire. Books OF
| Nanoleon fly hither and thither and
load the shelves in the shops. Every
| mind the ugliness. -Decollette gowns slip
| off the shoulders and sleeves go balloon
ing fnto space. Madame Sans-Gene is at
| its highest point of popularity at the
theatre. Straight round columns sur
mounted with bronze decorate the furni-
| ture. Empire clocks which refuse to
| mark the bour are on every mantle
| Andirons and tenders. bewreathed and
l beacorned, rule the hearthstone. The tea
| service in white and gold: the straight
| stiff tea cup. ALWAYS ralaproros as to
| the nose, is In highest avor. It is En-
p.rn or nothing with all the world.
What new style Sardou's Louis
| XVII" now in hand, will promote might
| be asked, since the unhappy prince. had
no small chance for creation OF fashion.
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