Louis Treize

[ trez; French trez ]

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.

Louis Treize

/ trɛz /

adjective

1. of or relating to the style of furniture, decoration, and architecture of the time of Louis XIII of France, with rich decorative features based on classical models

Word History and Origins

Origin of Louis Treize¹

1880–85; < French: Louis XIII

Example Sentences

Built of brick with stone facings, it is meant to be in the style of Louis Treize.

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It would be quite in the style of Louis Treize were the stonework not too heavy and elaborate, and the façade too high for its length.

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Then the Gavotte in this book is as graceful and catching as the Gavotte de Louis Treize, and would be in great request with orchestras and bands everywhere.

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He did not know anything about the time, and his wicked Marquis de Villebelle is not early Louis Treize at all, but rather late Louis Quinze.

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What did Oliver know of Lydian modes or Louis Treize decoration or Astec clay dogs?

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