Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the heavy late-Renaissance style in architecture, furniture, and decoration of the reign of Louis XIII.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An epithet designating the styles of French architecture and decoration characteristic of the reign of Louis XIII. (1610-43), or in general of the first half of the seventeenth century.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Vases of costly workmanship, brass wine-coolers, enamelled glass frames, small mirrors set in silver, belt clasps, pins of every sort of conceit for the hair, choice old Louis Treize silver boxes of curious design, and watches, even old miniatures, are all of the order of things most desired.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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I used to find myself in a spacious salon, its appointments and fashion those of Louis Treize, with ghostly moonlight pouring in at lofty church-like windows and painting distorted shadowgraphs of heraldic devices upon the floor.
The Orchard of Tears Sax Rohmer 1921
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In the latter country the periods of vogue are known as Francis Premier, Henri Deux, Henri Quatre, Louis Treize, Louis
The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907
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What did Oliver know of Lydian modes or Louis Treize decoration or Astec clay dogs?
The Rough Road William John Locke 1896
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Viewed from the summit of the cliff on which Davenant's motor had stopped, the château was composed of two ancient towers guarding the long, and relatively low, relatively modern, brick mansion of the epoch of Louis Treize.
The Street Called Straight Basil King 1893
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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.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Gallican courtier of any period from Louis Treize to Louis Quinze.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Gallican courtier of any period from Louis Treize to Louis Quinze.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Flemings and Germans with quaint figures, tortoise-shell frames inlaid with copper and brass and mother-of-pearl and ivory; frames of ebony and boxwood in the styles of Louis Treize, Louis Quatorze, Louis
Cousin Pons Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"Mamma and I have an invitation to spend a week at Besançon -- you know, it's the splendid old chateau Louis Treize used to love to visit.
The Second Generation David Graham Phillips 1889
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