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In 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte has been proclaimed by the emperor of France. Having won during the board Italy and Egypt, Napoleon very much was proud of it and considered itself as Alexander the Great and Julia Caesar's worthy successor. From the won countries it has brought to France architectural miracles for a long time the forgotten antique empires. To the greatest artists of Europe Napoleon has charged to create interiors, comparable on the greatness with Greek, on luxury - with Roman and on grandness - with Egyptian.
Style an empire style is a majestic luxury with elements of military attributes, which has been chosen by Napoleon to underline the triumph. For this style characters symmetry, straight lines, grandness and solemnity. As decorative empire motives it is used three types of an ornament:
- a geometrical ornament
- a vegetative ornament
- elements of ancient Roman military regimentals (signs on legionaries in the form of eagles, sheaves of copies, boards, bunches of the arrows, the crossed swords and spears, axes, laurel wreaths).
The Ornament settles down on walls, furniture and draperies.
As finishing materials the bronze, expensive breeds of wood (mahogany, the Karelian birch), brocade, silk, a skin are used. In colour scale prevail насыщенно red, yellow and dark blue colours.
For style a character empire style monumental furniture with quiet, direct contours. Legs of tables become in the form of columns or the pedestals similar to marble legs of tables of times of Roman empire. In an interior are used both the big round or rectangular tables, and small little tables on one leg.
Chairs, and sofas under the form remind armchairs antique, the lateral part can be decorated by sculptural images of a lion, a swan, a griffin, a winged sphinx. The furniture is upholstered with the bright, sated brocade with a black fringing, a skin or silk.
Windows and empire doors demand a plentiful drapery. Strict curtains without folds, ламбрекенов and other excesses, with the wide bottom edge often decorated with an ornament are very popular. Curtains are hung up on the rings sliding on eaves, reminding a spear.
The Central element in an interior issued empire, is the fireplace from white marble. It is possible to issue an interior and without a fireplace but then it is necessary to choose other piece of furniture as "the central" element, it is desirable a case massive and aspiring up, for example, or hours.
Style an empire style well approaches for small or average premises on the size.