Régence

comparative more Régence · superlative most Régence · alternative Regence

1. Of or pertaining to the style of French furniture and decoration of c. 1680–1725, characteristic of the regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.

   Now I must find a canapé lit, very Régence and dissolute, to complete my salon.

   1989, Henry Adams, 1903-1916, Massachusetts Historical Society, page 19

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   Window fittings are of soft almond green and salmon figured lampas, and Régence chairs are walnut and covered in figured velour of a soft pinkish rust color.

   1930, Arts & Decoration, page 56

   There is nothing rococo about this panelling; it is more Régence in character and it may be an 18th century example of a “make-up”.

   1966, Bulletin, Victoria and Albert Museum, page 7

   Despite the swept-up top, this is more Régence in feeling than Rococo, recalling the engravings of Marot and Berain.

   1986, Country Life, page 500

   A very similar pair of wall lights, but with down-turned floral drip pans and urn-form bobèches of a more Régence nature, were with Bernard Steinitz in 2000.

   2001, Highly Important French & Continental Furniture, page 17

   Yet the straight husks extending from the centers and corners are more Régence in character.

   2007, Timothy Newbery, “France: Transition”, in Frames (The Robert Lehman Collection; XIII), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in association with Princeton University Press, Princeton, page 401