Needlepoint and Tapestries. Elegant and Exquisite French Touch in Directoire period
 
DIRECTOIRE & CONSULAT STYLES
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Juliette Ré,camier par David Decorative Directoire model Joséphine de Beauharnais par Isabey
Juliette Récamier
byJacques Louis David
Louvre Museum - Paris
The rhombus and the palmette are the most snuffed ornaments of this period Josephine de Beauharnais
from a miniature
byIsabey
Government of five directors set up by the third Convention in IVth year 8 "Brumaire" (1795 Nov.)
and which one stand untill the 18 Brumaire VIIIth year Bonaparte coup. (28 Novembre 1799)

FURNITURES & SEATS OF DIRECTOIRE STYLE
In reaction with the preceding period, a certain discretion is to notice. One wanted an ideal republic on the Roman model. Flowers of Lily were replaced by symbols such that the lance, consular beams, the phrygian cap, the eye of the reason in the middle of a triangle, the rosette, the rhombus, etc... Trades with distant countries being difficult carpenters use local wood which they wax or paint. Thus painted woods imitates the bronze. The curule chair born under the precedent reign becomes usual.
DIRECTOIRE AND CONSULATE STYLES
NEDLEPOINT AND TAPESTRIES SEAT COVERING

0249 Dir.  

0228 Con.  
0249 Directoire: This symmetrical composition is colored of yellow pale and ochres gilded. It defines by the volutes, arabesques, circles, semi circles and inspired flowers of the flower of lys.
0228 Consulate: Delightful encircled lyre of a garland of Laurel leaves. One sees then a contour realized with small yellow pearls, then is found a composed arabesque garland, small palms (palmettes) and small yellow flowers.

0558 Con.  

0229 Dir.  
0558 Consulate: Delightful circlets leaves of Laurel with berries, framed of a leaves and berry garland that adorns to each angle of a red flower. Each fallout of this seat of chair resumes a side of the garland.
0229 Directoire: This symmetrical composition is colored in range of green. It presents in its center a rose, to which graft four petals to small palms (palmettes). Finally deepened green foliages and yellow berries end the composition.

0149 Dir.  

0012 Dir.  
0149 Directoire: Symmetrical composition worked in a shade of green and that constitutes a central rhombus to which graft eight palmettes and volutes. To each angle of this square the palmette of the central motive is repeated but its volutes are more developed.
0012 Directoire Rosette composed to the center of a flower, which is surrounded of six petals. The summit of these petals is adorned clovers. At the same level that these six petals, we find at new petals they same ornate of clovers. It is a perfectly symmetrical composition and totally balanced.
MORE DIRECTOIRE & CONSULATE DESIGNS
¹ Needlepoint Tapestry kits contain the hand painted canvas in full colour from Annie Bouquet 's Studio (NB: any color combination may be ordered, according to decoration.), yarns, two plated Gold needles, and instructions. The 100% cotton canvas is a double weave antique or white Monofil. The yarn is 100% pure wool "Medicis" from DMC France and some others dyed specificaly for us to Aubusson.
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