Art and Architecture Collection > The Empire and Regency Styles

Using the Library’s Catalog

The Empire and Regency styles do not have direct headings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes. Instead, the terms used are:

Decoration and Ornament—Empire Style
Decoration and Ornament—Regency Style

Also, geographic subdivisions can be used, as in

Decoration and Ornament—France—Empire Style

Related headings of use may be:

Architecture, Regency
Furniture, Regency —Great Britain
Regency—England

And

England—Social life and customs—19^th century
France—Social life and customs—19^th century