Duchesse brisee louis xvi biography
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Pronounced due SHESS bree ZAY , the Duchess Brisée is a wonderful three piece French chaise lounge consisting of a set of hand carved armchairs or bergéres (one generally smaller than the other) and a bout-de-pied, or foot rest that fit together in a way as to make a single seating unit.
A form of the Duchess, which was a one piece chaise, the Duchess Brisée (which means broken Duchess) is very versatile in that it can be a seat for one or can be broken apart and used however necessary if company comes and extra seating is needed.
The Duchess Brisée is a beautiful piece of French furniture of a feminized style known as Louis XVI that became extremely popular in 18th and 19th centuries as a seat most often used by women for private reading. It is an enviable piece that will certainly take center stage in your home if you are fortunate enough to acquire one.
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Antique Louis XVI Painted Duchesse Brisee Chaise
The Duchess Brisée is a convenient seating a
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Period furniture
All those who contributed to the sudden growth of trade and industry in the 17th century began to form a new social class, the bourgeoisie. Maritime factories were established in the large port cities of France. To build and fill their caravels, these factories needed goods from inland regions: wood, hemp, textiles, knives, firearms, wines, spirits, wheat, flour, etc. In next to no time, the floodgates opened, great amounts of wealth were accumulated and elegant manors and chateaux were built. In the 18ᵗʰ century, le Sieur Jean dem Bouilhac, Louis XV’s doctor, ordered the construction of the Hôtel de Bouilhac in Montignac, the town where the Aux-Rois-Louis salesroom gallery fryst vatten situated today. This hotel particulier fryst vatten listed bygd the French Historic Monument Society.
The bourgeoisie’s strong aspiration to accede to the social status of the nobility continued all through the 17ᵗʰ century. To achieve this end, they embellished their homes with new living spaces, rivall
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Chaise longue
Upholstered chair
For other uses, see Chaise longue (disambiguation).
"Lounge chair" redirects here. For the film, see Lounge Chair (film).
A chaise longue (;[1]French:[ʃɛzlɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholsteredsofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter.
In modern French, the term chaise longue refers to any long reclining chair, such as a deckchair.
In English, the term "chaise longue" is sometimes written as chaise lounge and pronounced , a folk etymology replacement of part of the original French term with the unrelated English word lounge.[2] When English speakers imported a new kind of sofa from France in the late 1700s, they transformed the name 'chaise longue' ("long chair") into 'chaise lounge'—since 'lounge' is an English word spelled with the same letters and lounging is something one can do on a "chaise longue." This variant has been documented in British[3]