Rococo style in the interior
The playfulness and lightness of the space, decorated in the rococo style, undoubtedly will appeal to sophisticated sensual natures, who value their own comfort and who know how to receive joy and pleasure from life.
Historical information
The decorative rococo style was born in France in the distant times of the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1723). Having reached its apogee, this design direction quickly spread to the rest of Europe. Refined, refined and charming rococo style in the interior of noble houses recklessly reigned almost until the end of the XVIII century. His appearance was a kind of response to the excessive pretentiousness and pomp of the then popular Baroque style. For the described historical epoch, the key word was “elegant”, which rather accurately characterizes the fashionable style rococo.
Graceful style Rococo from the very beginning did not think of the creators as a fundamental architectural. He was immediately focused on creating comfortable home interiors with a certain degree of intimacy, coquetry and lightness. The inspirer of this style is considered to be the Italian Jean-Louis-Ernest Mesonier ?, since it is in his works that the asymmetric forms were first reflected, including the unusual contours of the quaintly curved sea shell. That is why the name of the style comes from the French word “rocaille”, which means “decorative shell”.
Fashionable Chinese
In those years, the exotic “branch” of the rococo chinoiseri (Chinese) style was extremely fashionable. Medieval Chinese motifs, stylization and decoration techniques were necessarily present in the interiors of all the rich houses of European nobility. Painted mobile screens were especially popular, thanks to whose presence it was possible to change the space visually with ease. Exquisite orchids and golden aquarium fish in moments of pleasant rest enjoyed all those present in the room. The decoration of the houses was lacquered elegant furniture made by skilled Chinese craftsmen. Tables for festive dinners served with beautiful dinner sets made of the finest Chinese porcelain. The presence in the house of tapestries made in pastel colors, which depicted Chinese emperors, warriors, dancers or concubines, as well as scenes from Chinese life, pagodas and flowers, was considered fashionable.
Room decoration features
Несомненно, рококо – это роскошный, элитный style, и обычная квартира в многоэтажке вряд ли для него подойдет. Зато интерьеру рококо самое место царствовать в просторном загородном коттедже с комнатами, в которых имеются высокие потолки и большие окна.
- The main method of decorating a hall or a living room in the rococo style is rounding the walls and then decorating them with fabric wallpaper (in the original silk), carved panels, gilded ornaments and numerous mirrors, thanks to which the space visibly expands.
- The floors in the rooms can be wooden, marble or ceramic with baseboards curved along the profile of any height.
- The main element of the living room in the Rococo style on the right is a small fireplace, covered with marble tiles, the invariable decoration of which should be porcelain figurines, bronze candelabra and clocks. Above the fireplace most often hangs a mirror in a luxurious gilded or bronze frame.
- As for the main artificial lighting of the room, then the Rococo style is characterized by the presence of an elegant chandelier with candle-shaped light bulbs and crystal pendants. And on the walls will look wonderful sconces, resembling a sea shell or bowl. The rococo style is also well emphasized by the gilded or bronze candlesticks and candelabra with candles placed in all the rooms.
- When making boudoirs characteristic is to create an atmosphere of intimacy, so the room is made small in size with a low ceiling in soft pastel colors. A combination of pearl white colors with pink, blue, cream or pale green shades are considered popular color solutions for the interior design of boudoir. Also in its decoration must be present gold. As a rule, in the boudoirs can be traced to some extent oversaturation of various objects.
Rococo Furniture
An important feature in the forms of furniture of the era of Louis XV is the complete rejection of straight lines. It as if reflects the striving for the dissolution of individual parts in a single ensemble of all the objects in the room.
When decorating furniture, carving occupies a rather modest place, yielding leadership to bronze linings, with which you can effortlessly decorate previously ground surfaces. The surfaces of the furniture are first treated with colored lacquers, after which they are decorated with bronze overlays and carvings with gilding.
For rococo style, chests and secretaries are considered characteristic furniture. Therefore, in the office it is desirable to have a secretary, which in its essence is a combination of a desk with a chest of drawers, in which there are many small secret drawers.
Rococo-interior is additionally decorated with especially female items such as a secretary on high carved legs, a cardboard box (a locker designed for storing papers), all kinds of puffs and bedside tables, small decorative dressing tables with a mirror.
The comfort of the interior is added by the presence of a beige (fr. Bergere - deep soft armchair on curved legs) and a canape (a wide armchair similar to a sofa with a high headboard).
When choosing furniture, it should be borne in mind that, in addition to its elegance and grace, it was pleasant to the touch and could delight a person, giving pleasure to his body in moments of relaxation and rest.
Creating the interior of Rococo, remember that it is aimed at ensuring the convenience of the lifestyle of the owners of the house, so any little things in life play an important role, almost all things and objects should create a feeling of comfort.
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