Empire
Furniture was made in mahogany, rosewood and ebony, and was decorated with brass mounts or with carved ornaments, which were gilded.
Furniture legs and supports were fashioned after Greek and Roman forms, human figures and sphinxes being often employed.
Inlay was used of ivory and metal, and this class of work attained a very high degree of excellence.
Metal-work was unquestionably good, except that the details were somewhat hard in character.
The most striking decorative features were sphinxes, winged figures of Liberty, masks, the thyrsus of Bacchus, laurel wreaths and festoons, which were all severe in treatment and delicate in execution.
Empire in England
The Empire style spread to other parts of Europe, and was closely imitated in England, where it was chiefly remarkable for the extreme nicety and finish of the metal-work, metal being extensively used for the enrichment of furniture, for clocks, vases, candlesticks, inkstands and other objects.
Later English Architecture
Probably the most important name associated with English architecture towards the end of the eighteenth century is that of Sir William Chambers, who died in 1796.