In a message dated 1/30/2003 6:07:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
Since when did the Second Empire begin (or otherwise exist) in the 1820's?
Are we talking just Empire style-- lots of Napoleonic bees and curves? 1820 should be about right on that.
-Heidi
Heidi,
Whoever it was (I'm now too old to remember so far back) specifically talked about the 2nd Empire style, which is why I'm being such a snot about it. 1820's seems to me a little late for the first Empire, even, but I suppose news traveled rather more slowly in the pre-internet days.
Just wait til the future Little Heidis ask you what kind of computer you had when you were a little girl. I forgot-- you're so young, you probably DID have one.
Ralph
What, me crotchety?