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Today on the DesignCoach: Viva la France Part Seven
With liberty, equality and fraternity proclaimed loudly the Revolution ran its bloody course. It was followed by the Directorate (1795-1799) described by historians as a period of slow reorganization which held little in the way of substantive effort on the aesthetic front. The fortunes of France’s nobility were dispersed during the Revolution and now these funds found their way into the hands of a new group whose members had little or no experience with the vestiges of culture. This brief period, sparse as it was, soon found relief when Napoleon was proclaimed consul following his successful campaigns in Austria and Egypt. Then in 1804 he became emperor of France and with this his coronation came a wave of new spending directed by the tastes of France’s new court.
Ecran- Screen
Ecran-a-cheval- Frame with sliding panel used as fire screen
Encoignure-Corner cabinet or table
Encrier-Inkwell
Entresol-A mezzanine floor
Escabelle-Chair supported on trestles (from the early Renaissance)
Etagère-Hanging or standing open shelf
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