French Empire Dining Room

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before

before...

after transformation with panelling, plasterwork and silk panels

and after!

 

This French Empire Style Dining Room has been created from a bare new room using plasterwork based on period details combined with window and lower wall panelling.

The upper walls are covered in padded silk panels, framed by fine columns capped with swans. Gilded areas of the plasterwork and panelling complete the opulent atmosphere.

An illusion of added height is acheived by the low dado rail and vertical elements such as the columns between the silk panels and floor to ceiling window frames. The cornice follows these contours to break up the rectangular ceiling.

 

 

 

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floor to ceiling window frames detail of panel above window detail of plaster cornice and gilded frieze detail of plaster cornice and gilded frieze detail of gilded swan base of swan pilaster

Below can be seen the double doors to the room; faced with the awkward space around them we decided to add two dummy doors and panel the whole area from floor to ceiling.

before

before

after

after transformation with panelling, plasterwork and silk panels
   
Kensington Interiors: Antiques, Decoration and Interior Design. Based in Brighton, UK; also working in the USA and Europe, especially Belgium and Germany. Specialist in 19th century interiors and gardens, decorative paint finishes, frescoes, murals, trompe l'oeil, grisaille, plasterwork, wall panelling and furniture. Complete design and construction service for private homes, commercial premises and stands for fairs and exhibitions.
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