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Decorating With Empire Furniture

Nina Griscom's Manhattan Townhouse House & Garden, October 2006

A Thoughtful Eye Blog posted some absolutely stunning pictures of Nina Griscom’s Manhattan Townhouse that originally appeared in House & Garden’s Magazine issue in October 2006.  Former Ford model and television host Nina Griscom has had a passion for collecting while traveling.  The hobby turned into a full time [...]

Painted Empire Furniture

Beautiful Painted Empire Styled Chair

This chair is typical of the Empire period.  circa 1810-1815.  The color of the paint finish is a dark grey blue hue. 

Beautiful Painted Empire Styled Chair

Of the same model as the previous chair, this armchair has all its qualities and generosity. It differs in its arm-rests, which very prettily continue [...]

How To Achieve A Venetian Plaster Finish

Empire Furniture Classical Interiors – Venetian Plaster Designer Brian McCarthy

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A detail of the Dining Room of Brian J. McCarthy showing a Georges Jacob chair against a Venetian plaster wall- Picture Featured on The Devoted Classicist Blog Originally Seen in the January-February, 2012 issue of VERANDA magazine.

Venetian plaster is a plastering technique which [...]

Miniature Childrens Continental Empire Furniture

Miniature Childs Empire Ormolu Mounted Inlaid Mahogany Armchair

Tcs02186 on ebay has some outstanding examples of Empire Salesman samples worthy of any sophisticated private or museum collection.

This miniature child’s continental Empire inlaid mahogany chair features shiny ormolu mounts, and beautiful lines.  The chair is likely to be French in nature and dates to approximately 1860-80. [...]

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti's Empire Decorated Home

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti's Empire Decorated Home

Eva Jeanbart Lorenzotti founder of Vivre.com travels the world in search of artists that create beautiful home furnishings, clothing, jewelry, and gift items.  Native of Switzerland, Lorenzotti set out 17 years ago for America, and since she has built a mini-empire, generating about $50 million a year by retailing luxury [...]

Empire Furniture: Powerful Empire Sofas

Mike Bell featured this lovely Empire style canape in an unusual dazzling pink fabric. Mike Bell Antiques are known for their period furniture, reproductions and prestigious antiques.  What is a canape anyway?  Its shape is distinct from other sofas of the period, including the chaise longue, and is a variation on the “sofa”.  Frequently matching chairs were made to go [...]