Directoire style
![Madame Raymond de Verninac by Jacques-Louis David, with clothes and chair in Directoire style.](/Images/godic/202501/09/Portrait_de_madame_de_Verninac_by_David_Louvre_RF1942-16_n20236.jpg")
![Portrait of Thérésa Tallien by Jean-Bernard Duvivier (1806) at the Brooklyn Museum](/Images/godic/202501/09/Portrait_of_Madame_Tallien_Jean-Bernard_Duvivier_18060236.jpg")
Directoire style, French pronunciation: [di.ʁɛk.twaʁ], describes a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design, concurrent with the post-Revolution French Directory (November 2, 1795 through November 10, 1799). The style uses Neoclassical architectural forms, minimal carving, planar expanses of highly grained veneers, and applied decorative painting. It is a style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire.