Empire Furniture

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 From Stanley Weiss Collection

Neoclassical Tables, c. 1820 From The Stanley Weiss Collection

A dealer at one time was selling a large selection of Empire Furniture From the Stanley Weiss Collection on ebay and I managed to save some of my favorite pictures. The fabrics on the various settees were just incredible, along with the veneered furniture. This collection [...]

Brian McCarthy's Empire Style Home

Designer Brian McCarthy has been known for his partiality to French Empire furniture and European styled interiors. After working with Parish-Hadley for many years, he opened up his own firm in 1991, and since then has been featured in various publications including Elle Décor, Vogue, Life, New York Magazine’s 100 Best and many others. New [...]

Empire Decorating: Gilt Ormolu

New York Social Diary had a really interesting article in November 2010 with interior classical designer Darren Henault and his wonderful 19th-century Fifth Avenue mansion in New York. He tells New York Social Diary that he was once an account executive for an advertising agency, and it wasn’t until a friends dad who was architect noticed he had [...]

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