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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