- noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
- (of costume) in the style of the period of the French Directory.
- the French Directory
- of, in, or relating to a decorative style of the end of the 18th century in France; a form of neoclassicism
- characteristic of women's dress during the French Directory, typically an almost transparent dress with the waistline under the bust
