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‖ Louis Quatorze|luːiː kæˈtɔːz| Louis XIV, King of France, 1643–1715. Used adjectively to designate the styles in architecture, furniture, decorative art, etc., characteristic of his reign. So Louis Quinze |-kæ̃z|, Louis XV, 1715–74. Louis Seize |-seɪz|, Louis XVI, 1774–93. Louis Treize |-treɪz|, Louis XIII, 1610–43. Hence rarely Louis as adj. to designate what was prevalent in two or more of the above-mentioned reigns.
1855Ogilvie Suppl., Louis-Quatorze Ornament..Louis Quinze Ornament. 1876J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furniture x. 103 The broken shell-shaped woodwork, popularly known as Louis quinze work, began to be adopted for the frames of large glasses. 1878Eastlake Househ. Taste ii. (ed. 4) 55 Their notions of the beautiful are..derived from traditions of the Louis Quatorze period. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlewk. 329 Louis Quinze Lace is formed of a braid known as Louis Treize. 1892Litchfield Hist. Furniture 61 During the ‘Louis Treize’ period chairs became more comfortable. Ibid. 162 The familiar ‘Louis Seize’ riband surmounting the two oval Sêvres china plaques. 1901Contemp. Rev. Sept. 381 Useful arts..are reduced to copies of the Louis styles. |