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Régence2|reʒɑ̃s| [Fr.: see regence1.] Used, chiefly attrib., to designate the style of costume, furniture, and interior decoration, characteristic of the first third of the eighteenth century in France, during which occurred the French Regency (see regency 5).
1919H. Nicolson Let. 1 Feb. in J. Lees-Milne H. Nicolson (1980) vii. 114 A huge Régence writing table. 1930R. Cuthill tr. J. Schober's Silk & Silk Industry iv. 272 Regeance [sic], a Jacquard fabric with small designs and also stripes in the warp direction; usually in striking colours. 1930Morning Post 18 July 14/5 A Regence settee and four fauteuils. 1963House & Garden Mar. 79/2 The term Régence..is used for the period 1710 to 1730. 1968Ibid. May 47 (caption) The sitting-room, showing one of the bergères, Régence overmantel and Austrian clock. 1973Country Life 10 May 1307/1 Slender Régence ribbonwork displaced the more plastic forms of the Baroque. 1977Times 16 June 18/6 An ormolu-mounted Régence commode at 53,000 francs..or {pstlg}6,235. |