Editing Baroque (section)

==Furniture==
{{Main|Louis XIV furniture}}
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File:Decorative arts in the Louvre - Room 32 D201903 (cropped).jpg|Four-poster bed from the Château d'Effiat; {{circa}}1650; natural walnut, chiselled Genoa silk velvet and embroidered silks; 295&nbsp;cm; [[Louvre]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jacquemart|first1=Albert|title=Decorative Art|date=2012|publisher=Parkstone|isbn=978-1-84484-899-7|page=44|url=|language=en}}</ref>

Antichambre du prince-évêque (Palais Rohan, Strasbourg) cabinet.JPG|Cabinet with caryatids; {{circa}}1675; ebony, kingwood, marquetry of hard stones, gilt bronze, pewter, glass, tinted mirror and horn; unknown dimensions; [[Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg]], France<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musees-strasbourg.skin-web.org/document/33-978-0-23/5ee3388d461cda28a3a5b66c?q=gobelins&pos=1|website=musees-strasbourg.skin-web.org|title=Cabinet parisien 17e siècle|author=|access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>

File:Francia, tavolo da parete, 1685-90 ca.jpg|Pier table; 1685–1690; carved, [[gesso]]ed, and gilded wood, with a marble top; 83.6 × 128.6 × 71.6&nbsp;cm; [[Art Institute of Chicago]], US<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/93997/pier-table|title=Pier Table|website=The Art Institute of Chicago}}</ref>
File:Armoire aux perroquets du Louvre.jpg|Cupboard; by [[André Charles Boulle]]; {{circa}}1700; ebony and amaranth veneering, polychrome woods, brass, tin, shell, and horn [[marquetry]] on an oak frame, gilt-bronze; 255.5 x 157.5&nbsp;cm; Louvre<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jacquemart|first1=Albert|title=Decorative Art|date=2012|publisher=Parkstone|isbn=978-1-84484-899-7|page=70|url=|language=en}}</ref>

File:Andrea brustolon, sedie con etiopi, 1700-15 ca. 09.jpg|Armchair; by [[Andrea Brustolon]]; {{circa}}1700–1715; wood and upholstery; unknown dimsensions; [[Ca' Rezzonico]], Venice

Trono di pio VI, usato il 10 marzo 1782, databile al 1700-20 ca.jpg|Throne; {{circa}}1700–1720; gilded wood and upholstery; unknown dimsensions; Ca' Rezzonico

File:Commode MET DP108742.jpg|Commode; by [[André-Charles Boulle]]; {{circa}}1710–1732; walnut veneered with ebony and [[marquetry]] of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, antique marble top; 87.6 x 128.3 x 62.9&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City){{sfn|Bailey|2012|p=287}}
File:Heinrich ludwig rohde o ferdinand plitzner (attr.), scrittoio a ribalta, magonza 1720 ca.jpg|German slant-front desk; by [[Heinrich Ludwig Rohde]] or [[Ferdinand Plitzner]]; {{circa}}1715–1725; marquetry with maple, amaranth, mahogany, and walnut on spruce and oak; 90 × 84 × 44.5&nbsp;cm; [[Art Institute of Chicago]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/187069/slant-front-desk|title=Slant-Front Desk|website=The Art Institute of Chicago}}</ref>
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The main motifs used are: [[Cornucopia|horns of plenty]], [[festoon]]s, [[putti|baby angels]], lion heads holding a metal ring in their mouths, female [[mascaron (architecture)|faces]] surrounded by garlands, oval [[cartouche (design)|cartouches]], [[Acanthus (ornament)|acanthus leaves]], [[classical orders|classical]] columns, [[caryatid]]s, [[pediments]], and other elements of [[Classical architecture]] sculpted on some parts of pieces of furniture,<ref>{{cite book |last1= Graur|first1=Neaga|title=Stiluri în arta decorativă|date=1970|publisher=Cerces|page=168|language=ro}}</ref> baskets with fruits or flowers, shells, armour and trophies, heads of [[Apollo]] or [[Bacchus]], and C-shaped [[volute]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Graur|first1=Neaga|title=Stiluri în arta decorativă|date=1970|publisher=Cerces|pages=176–177|language=ro}}</ref>

During the first period of the reign of Louis XIV, furniture followed the previous [[Louis XIII style]], and was massive, and profusely decorated with sculpture and gilding. After 1680, thanks in large part to the furniture designer [[André-Charles Boulle]], a more original and delicate style appeared, sometimes known as [[Boulle work]]. It was based on the inlay of [[ebony]] and other rare woods, a technique first used in Florence in the 15th century, which was refined and developed by Boulle and others working for Louis XIV.  Furniture was inlaid with plaques of ebony, copper, and exotic woods of different colors.<ref name="Lazé, 2006 pg. 59">Renault and Lazé, ''Les Styles de l'architecture et du mobilier'' (2006), p. 59</ref>

New and often enduring types of furniture appeared;  the [[commode]], with two to four drawers, replaced the old ''coffre'', or chest. The ''canapé'', or sofa, appeared, in the form of a combination of two or three armchairs. New kinds of armchairs appeared, including the ''fauteuil en confessionale'' or "Confessional armchair", which had padded cushions ions on either side of the back of the chair.  The console table also made its first appearance; it was designed to be placed against a wall. Another new type of furniture was the ''table à gibier'', a marble-topped table for holding dishes. Early varieties of the desk appeared; the [[Bureau Mazarin|Mazarin desk]] had a central section set back, placed between two columns of drawers, with four feet on each column.<ref name="Lazé, 2006 pg. 59" />