Empire Style

Severe, rectilinear writing furniture, such as this desk, is typical of the French Empire style. The bronze deco-ration is derived from antiquity. The front legs are shaped like sphinxes: half woman, half eagle More

Anonymous, French, 19th century Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Bienn More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prud’hon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new m More

This mirror was the showpiece of an extensive toilet service that the Dutch king William I ordered as a wedding gift for his daughter, Princess Marianne, who married Prince Albert of Prussia in 1830. For this m More

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A view of the front and side of a large house with a woman in a dress and hat seated on the step and a man in a dark suit and bowler hat seated on a chair in the front yard. The house is a large, two and a half More

Significance: The Masonic building in the Second Empire style dominates this row of excellent surviving examples of mid-to-late nineteenth-century commercial architecture. Unprocessed Field note material exist More

Significance: The original house (later known as #1402) is a good example of the Second Empire Style. The house underwent an interesting evolution with the addition of what would become known as #1400 by the n More

Classification: Contributing. Historic Name: Jackson County Courthouse. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival. Construction Date: 1836/1848/1872/1907/1933. Period 3 of Harry S Truman's Life: Developing Pol More

Built in 1882 by John Evans. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, subject note, More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1886, the mansion was built as a private residence for Francis Silas Rodgers, a wealthy cotton merchant, in the Second Em More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect A.O. Watson of Austin, the courthouse at one time featured a Second Empire-style roof and a cupola with a four- More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect A.O. Watson of Austin, the courthouse at one time featured a Second Empire-style roof and a cupola with a four- More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1886, it is an example of Second Empire style, with projecting surfaces and Mansard-style roofs that were in fashion in Euro More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The French Second Empire-style building was constructed in 1884-1886. The architect was W. C. Dodson, who was also the architect for More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect A.O. Watson of Austin, the courthouse at one time featured a Second Empire-style roof and a cupola with a four- More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1883 courthouse was the first to be restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rede More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1883 courthouse was the first to be restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rede More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1883 courthouse was the first to be restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rede More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1883 courthouse was the first to be restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rede More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built between 1874 and 1876, and like its neighbor, the earlier Martin Hall, is in a predominantly red brick Second Empire styl More

A very nice set of chairs. A pair of french empire style chairs. Public domain stock photo.

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On the property is a sizable carriage house. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints a More

Visual patterns: A style walnut and marble chest / A french empire style mahogany dressing table - public domain stock photo.

Architecture stock photograph: The building where the hotel is located / A large yellow building with columns and windows.

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca More

Front elevation of the Gambrill Mansion, one of the few full-scale Empire Style buildings. In 1873, Gambrill built the distinctive brick mansion on a hillside of the property separate from the mill. It is one o More

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Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

Significance: The lodge at Finn's Point is the most intact example of the two-story, stripped-down Second Empire style design for the superintendent lodges approved by the Office of the Quartermaster General in More

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A coffee cup in the Obama White House china service, which was introduced on April 27, 2015. This photograph was taken by a White House photographer. As the work of an employee of the federal government created More

A "charger" plate in the Obama White House china service, which was introduced on April 27, 2015. This photograph was taken by a White House photographer. As the work of an employee of the federal government cr More

Charger plates in the Obama White House china service, set for the state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2015. This photograph was taken by a W More

A dinner plate from the Obama White House china service, plated for use during the state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2015. This photograph More

A dinner plate from the Obama White House china service, plated for use during the state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2015. This photograph More

A dinner plate in the Empire style, purchased by then-Secretary of State James Madison in 1806. This photograph was taken by a Smithsonian Institution photographer. As the work of an employee of the federal gov More

A dinner plate from the Obama White House china service, plated for use during the state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2015. This photograph More

The new Obama White House china service on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., in the United States on April 27, 2015. This photograph was taken by a White House photographe More

Victoria Row, on the south side of King Street, west of Church. It was built in the early 1840s for James McDonell, a government clerk who had inherited property in the city and who wanted to exploit its financ More

Diadem with a pink diamond in Empire style. She belonged to the Empress Maria Feodorovna, the wife of Emperor Paul I. It was made around 1810.The only diadem of this catalog, which to this day is in Russia (D More

In 1853 Dexter Horton (1825-1904) came to Seattle with his first wife, Hannah Eliza (Shoudy) Horton (1828-1871), and their daughter, Rebecca. Developing a reputation as an honest businessman, he established the More

In 1885 real estate investor Martin Van Buren Stacy (1837-1901) and his wife, Elizabeth A. Briggs Stacy (1824-1904), spent approximately $50,000 to erect their second home in Seattle, located at Third Avenue an More

One of three matching bracket pilaster mounts. Empire style with pendant tongues decorated with palmetto below a frieze of rosettes

Watercolor sketch of seated young woman with a book; she wears Empire-style white dress and is seated in a French-influenced chair with curved back and leg.Title: Portrait of a Seated Young Lady by Anna Maria Von Phul

Black and white photograph of 19th century guest room featuring empire style furniture. Blue Room in Longfellow House, view of north wall and northwest corner. White lettering printed from negative lower right More

Black and white photograph of 19th century guest room featuring empire style furniture. Blue Room in Longfellow House, view of north wall and northwest corner. White lettering printed from negative lower right More

This large charcoal drawing shows a man seated at his desk, reading a document. A tole lamp in the Empire style gives off a bright light. A small child appears to be feeding paper into the fireplace; a tea kett More

Design for an Empire style bedroom. At center, a couch with one scrolling arm stands on a platform. At right, a classical stand with an ewer. At left, a column inscribed “la bonne desse” (the good goddess). Ato More

Empire style dado fragment. On light, bright green ground, horizontal rectangle outlined and shaded in green and white to simulate raised panel, corners filled with symmetrical acanthus, flowers and berries in More

Empire style dado fragment. On light, bright green ground, horizontal rectangle outlined and shaded in green and white to simulate raised panel, corners filled with symmetrical acanthus, flowers and berries in More

Empire-style frieze. Pale gray ground with affronted grisaille swans amidst foliage, represented as if in relief. At top, border, illusionistically shaded border simulating architectural ornament, in ochers and More

Empire-style frieze. Pale gray ground with affronted grisaille swans amidst foliage, represented as if in relief. At top, border, illusionistically shaded border simulating architectural ornament, in ochers and More

Empire-style frieze. Pale gray ground with affronted grisaille swans amidst foliage, represented as if in relief. At top, border, illusionistically shaded border simulating architectural ornament, in ochers and More

One scene from the twelve which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche. This scene, containing three panels, shows a kneeling Psyche offering a goblet to a seated Venus. Cupid, leaning on his bow, stands on a More

Empire-style ribbon fragment has light blue borders with a wavy line pattern. Central portion is white with a curling sprig pattern in dark yellow.

Continuous stripe pattern in yellow, tan and red on red ground showing symmetrical leaf clusters and rosettes in the Empire style. Compound weave of two structures: 5-harness satin weave foundation with 3/1 twi More

Continuous stripe pattern in yellow, tan and red on red ground showing symmetrical leaf clusters and rosettes in the Empire style. Compound weave of two structures: 5-harness satin weave foundation with 3/1 twi More

Printed in brown with scenes of country dancing, drinking and courtship. Some men in uniform of Napoleonic era with tricorne. Women in Empire-style light dresses; some in 18th century-style court dress. Scenes More

Heavy natural-colored cotton printed with a straight repeat of a crude block printed design. Picotage ground with a seated man with a bird perched on a finger, child at knee, standing woman with a basket on her More

Three cornered lace scarf. Probably Empire style. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victoria Row, on the south side of King Street, west of Church. It was built in the early 1840s for James McDonell, a government clerk who had inherited property in the city and who wanted to exploit its financ More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art More