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Outstanding Biedermeier Furniture

San Francisco Home Feautred in Home Beautiful

House Beautiful featured a wonderful 1905 Edwardian San Francisco house that had a stunning Biedermeier armoire against chocolate painted room. The wood gives this rooom a natural feelThe living room’s gracious proportions are enhanced by a symmetrical, balanced arrangement of furnishings and objects. A collection of white ceramics [...]

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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 [...]

French Empire Furniture And Decorating Ideas

French Style Decorating- Frédéric Méchiche Elle Decoration France

Elle Decor featured French Decorator Frédéric Méchiche, who had recently turned an office space into a grand, neoclassical apartment straight out of Versailles. The room was bathed in soft grays with exquisite architectural details. Marble columns topped with Medici vases make their mark in the entrance hall. [...]

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. [...]

Painted Empire Furniture

Classical Empire Furniture Painted

This brightly painted blue chest goes to show how striking a chest can look painted. This chest features many beautiful carved details which are magnified with this rich blue paint. I don’t think there could be another drawer pull that looks as amazing as the lion pull on this chest. The lion pulls look [...]

Empire Decorating: John Saladino's Period Style

Designer John Saladino is best known for his period style decorating, and love for antiques. His passion for interesting antiques make his rooms feel interesting and rich than the typical designed room with modern accessories. The lovely Brooke wrote up an interesting post detailing his home that was featured in the Santa Barbara Design Style Magazine. As [...]

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