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## HISTORY OF ART AND INTERIOR DESIGN 6. Dressoir or sideboard - storage piece for display holding food or plate; literally "dressing the food". 7. Credence ## XI. French Baroque * The first of the purely native styles. * During the reign of Louis XIV, France's Golden Age. * Andre Charles Boulle...

## HISTORY OF ART AND INTERIOR DESIGN 6. Dressoir or sideboard - storage piece for display holding food or plate; literally "dressing the food". 7. Credence ## XI. French Baroque * The first of the purely native styles. * During the reign of Louis XIV, France's Golden Age. * Andre Charles Boulle appointed master cabinetmaker to Louis XIV. A. French baroque Interiors 1. Rooms in enfilade arrangement from public to more private spaces 2. Salone - (a living room or parlor), means a conversational gathering Usually this is a select group of intellectuals, artists and politicians who meet in the private residence of a socially influential (and often wealthy) person 3. Suites at each end 4. Apartment * Antechamber * Chamber * Cabinet 5. State bedchamber bed set off by curtains and columns 6. Variety of interior spaces 7. Vertical perspectives resulting from the light and dark contrasts in the staircase. 8. The rooms had massive proportion, and walls, ceilings, omamentation were coordinated with the furnishings. 9. Furniture was still placed next to the wall because most activities took place while people were standing. 10. Colors were rich and vivid, and some of the combination was violet and red, silver and gold, or red and green. 11. Large plate glass mirrors were used and imported Chinese wallcover covered the walls. 12. Fireplace - omamented with cartouche, swags, scrolls and various classical omaments. 13. Ceilings * contours varied: flat, barrel-vaulted, dome-vaulted, and with a cove from wall to ceiling. * Painting, fresco and stucco. * Encouragement of vistas and the distinctive variation of ceiling configuration. 14. Doors and window trim was architecturally treated with a heavy molding, crowned with a comice. 15. Floors were wood parquet or black and white marble. 16. Crystal or carved wood chandelier in the center room with additional wall torcheres. 17. Accessories include: busts, hanging mirrors, Oriental pottery, terra-cotta urns, statues in bronze and marble, paintings, portraits and tapestries. B. Ebeniste 'cabinet-maker' or literally someone who makes with ebony Page 102