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Empire style

Empire style proper noun: an early–19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of neoclassicism.

Proper noun

Empire style

  1. An early–19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of neoclassicism.

Questions about Empire style

What does Empire style mean?
Empire style means an early–19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of neoclassicism.
What part of speech is Empire style?
Empire style is a proper noun.

Words near Empire style in the dictionary

  1. empire silhouette
  2. Empire State
  3. Empire State Building
  4. Empire State of the South
  5. Empire Stater
  6. Empire style
  7. Empire Vale
  8. empire waist
  9. empire waists
  10. empire-building
  11. Empire-grown

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