"I really like Empire furniture, but I don't feel any huge rush to fill it up - I think it's going to take a lifetime."

"My father prefers French Empire furniture and I prefer Victorian," Ms. Forbes said.

The room overlooked the garden and was furnished with solid, comfortable Empire furniture and bright chintz curtains whose colours were echoed in the breakfast china.

She was a noted collector of fine antiques, favoring pieces like her famous collection of Second French Empire furniture.

The prices for good Empire furniture have increased tenfold since the early 1970's, because there was such a small appreciation then for the style.

The Late Empire furniture is supplemented with a bronze clock from France and canvasses with mythological themes.

Younger children may not care about the marble fireplaces and Empire furniture in the mansion anyway.

My spacious room had Empire furniture and paneled walls painted in ivory and beige, trimmed in white and Wedgwood blue.

It was a typical Ritz sitting-room, extremely elegant, with good Empire furniture.

The room, with its white Empire furniture, lush red upholstery and purple wallpaper conveyed the bawdy sensuality of a brothel.