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Louis period styles

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"Louis period styles" is the collective name for five distinct styles of French architecture and interior design. The styles span the period from 1610 to 1793.

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Five styles

Each of the five styles is named for the ruler of the particular period.

  • Louis XIII style (1610–1643) (Louis Treize), the period is the early phase of French Baroque
  • Louis XIV style (1643–1715) (Louis Quatorze)
  • Régence style (1715–1723), the style of the regency of Philippe II, duc d’Orléans
  • Louis XV style (1723–1774) (Louis Quinze)
  • Louis XVI style (1774–1793) (Louis Seize)

    • Applications

    The terms are applied as style terms for the French forms of:

  • architecture
  • interior design
  • fine arts
  • decorative arts
  • furniture
  • crafts

    • References

    Louis period styles Wikipedia
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