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TITLE: ARCHITECTURE - Salon de la Princesse - FRENCH ROCOCO STYLE, BAROQUE PERIOD

DESCRIPTION: BOFFRAND. Salon in the Hotel de Soubise in Paris. TYPICAL ROCOCO: 1. CURVILINEAR FORMS= Arabesques, S-shapes, C-shapes, Reverse C-shapes. 2. VOLUTES = spiral scrolls, decoration on Ionic capitals. 3. NATURALISTIC FORMS = as in plant forms. 4. SILVER & GOLD = on white or pastel backgrounds. 5. MIRRORS = and mirrored reflections to make space larger 6. STUCCO sculpted reliefs 7. BOISERIES = carved wood panels, inlaid wood designs on furniture and floors 8. PICTORIAL THEMES: classic love stories 9. SCULPTED ORNAMENTS: putti, cupids, clouds etc.