Mouldings were broken at angles and intersections into curves, scrolls and foliage.
Carved details of the curiously twisted leafage peculiar to the style were employed wherever possible.
Painted panels were fashionable, and were used particularly over doorheads. They were surrounded or framed by curved and enriched mouldings.
No. 114. Carved Wood Door. Louis XV.
Interiors of this later period were invariably painted white, and partly gilt, the wall panels decorated with tapestry or paintings with which are associated the names of Bouchier, Watteau, and Fragonard.
Ceilings were also painted, wall mirrors were employed and furniture (at this period at times extremely costly) was veneered and decorated with metal mounts in gilt ormolu.
Chair and table legs were of the cabriole type.
Bureaux fronts were swelled into curves both horizontally and vertically.