Table in régence style
The Régence (French for "Regentschap") was the period in French history between September 1, 1715 and February 15, 1723, when the land in the name of the minor King Louis XV was ruled by a regent, Philip of Orleans, the cousin of his deceased grandfather Louis XIV. The corresponding style from this transition period is also mentioned in Dutch Régence. art Herengracht 520, a canal house with Régence decoration. Engraving by Caspar Philips from the Canal Book
In France, the term Style Régence is used for the innovative visual art produced between 1715 and 1730, the first in the interior design. Emphasis was placed on intimacy and sophistication and less on impressiveness. The logical, pompous, symmetrical baroque slowly but surely took place for more airy and playful forms of decoration, to express among Louis XV in the frivolous rococo. Other indications of this style are late baroque and pre-rococo. Characteristic are the diamond and scrub motifs, shells, espagnolettes, animal figures and curly leaves like acanthus and sunflower.
Style-makers were the interior designers Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Pineau and André-Charles Boulle and painters Claude Gillot and Antoine Watteau. The writer architect Germain Boffrand and the furniture makers Gille-Marie Oppenordt (1672-1742) and Charles Cressent (1685-1768) were important advocates of the renewal. Due to the combination of luxury and convenience, Régence furniture is popular with collectors.
The English term Regency style applies to British art from the early 19th century, roughly between 1795 and the queen of queen Victoria in 1837. This more business style thanks its name to the Prince Regent George IV government between 1811 and 1820.
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