Large white french vintage rococo mirror
The word rococo was first used in 1835 in France, as a entertaining variation of the word rocaille or a captivation of rocaille and baroque.[6][7] Rocaille was originally a method of decoration, using pebbles, seashells and cement, which was often used to decorate grottoes and fountains since the Renaissance.[8][9] In the tardy 17th and to come 18th century it became the term for a kind of decorative motif or fashion accessory that appeared in the late Style Louis XIV, in the form of a seashell interlaced similar to acanthus leaves. In 1736 the designer and jeweler Jean Mondon published the Premier Livre de forme rocquaille et cartel, a store of designs for ornaments of furniture and interior decoration. It was the first tune in print of the term "rocaille" to allocate the style.[10] The carved or molded seashell motif was combination in imitation of palm leaves or twisting vines to gild doorways, furniture, wall panels and extra architectural elements.[11]In the 19th centur...
