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(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). quotations
However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time.
1997, Mark McGrail, Furniture Brasses: A Short History of English Furniture Fittings, Armac Brassworks, page 21
(of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. quotations examples
...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.
1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York: Random House, page 17
(Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. quotations examples
Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.
1966, Richard Stone, D.A. Rowe, The Measurement of Consumers' Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 1920-1938, volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 179
A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. examples
A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. examples