Canadian wood products industries . ul toy and novelty makers havebeen able, by a study of their needs and application oftheir mechanical ability, to work out machines to dotheir own particular work and cut their costs very low. 18 CANADIAN WOODWORKER August, 1916 The French Period Styles—Empire The Continuation of a Series of Illustrated Articles Dealing with Developmentsin Furniture Design During this Important Era By James Thomson The Empire, ;i development of the reign of Na-poleon the Great, was the last of the French historicstyles that have stood the test of time. Styles come,Styles go,
Canadian wood products industries . ul toy and novelty makers havebeen able, by a study of their needs and application oftheir mechanical ability, to work out machines to dotheir own particular work and cut their costs very low. 18 CANADIAN WOODWORKER August, 1916 The French Period Styles—Empire The Continuation of a Series of Illustrated Articles Dealing with Developmentsin Furniture Design During this Important Era By James Thomson The Empire, ;i development of the reign of Na-poleon the Great, was the last of the French historicstyles that have stood the test of time. Styles come,Styles go, only those that are really worth while per-sisting. When (the Louis Nineteenth meanwhile hav-ing been temporarily thrown on the scrap heap hy theRevolution), after the passing of the Reign of Terror,Napoleon began to rule, there was developed a stylein furnishing that has been handed along to us underthe name of Empire, or, to give it its full title, thestyle of the first empire. In December, 17((). Napoleon was made consul, or,. Yt«t\c\\ twere Ytmw w&Yo-Aww. \W\^ Fig. 1 to speak more definitely, first consul; in August, 1802,he was made consul for life, and by May, 1804, hadpersuaded a deluded people to make him emperor,though so shortly before they had waded in blood inorder to do away with kings, emperors, and all suchrulers by divine right. Well; here were they of theirown volition forging the chains once more and givingindications of immensely enjoying the unflattering dis-tinction. Having thrown off the republican mask, Napoleonmust needs have imperial trappings to accord with as-sumption of divine right to rule. In obedience to im-perial desire, the artist and artizan talent of the timewas drawn upon to supply the need. And as Francehad been for long a leader in matters of taste, therewas small difficulty in getting talent of highest orderto meet requirements. The talented designers, deco-rators, and painters of first rank, who had under thedirection of Marie Antoine
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