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Napoleon III style furniture

Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was president and second Emperor in France (1852 - 1870). He was born in 1808 and died in 1873.
The Napoleon III (sometimes called Second Empire) period borrowed elements from all the preceding style.
Mahogany and ebony were used with inlay in box, holly, pear, walnut, porcelain, tortoise shell, pearl and ivory and ormolu ornaments.
The furniture production in France moved from highly skilled craft to largely mechanized industry.

1804-1814
French Empire:

1837-1901
Victorian:  

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