| The Rococo style produced elegant parlors, dainty sitting-rooms, boudoirs, drawing rooms and libraries, where walls, ceilings, furniture and works of metal and porcelain merge together to form one ensemble. Architectural members, such as columns, pilasters and entablatures were eliminated, leaving a smooth, flat surface, interrupted only by window recesses and the chimneypiece. Even the natural construction of the walls were concealed using thick stucco-framework. Rooms were typically a simple rectangular shape, leaving as few dark corners as possible. Walls and ceilings were generally painted in ivory white or light pastel colors, such as blues and pinks, and highlighted with gold leaf. Tall rectangular panels were used extensively on walls and doors, along with leaf patterned boarders, that created a sense of rhythmic movement. Paintings were often set into the paneling over doorways. Parquet floors, overlaid with French Aubusson and Savonnerie rugs, were typical. |
