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Rocaille, rō-kal′-ye, n. a scroll ornament of the eighteenth century.

The younger generations neither fancy such seats — you cannot sprawl in a Louis XV fauteuil — nor do they like the interior design into which gilt Rocaille armchairs can fit.

Today, the Rocaille style is seen as fussy by a generation exposed to contemporary colors and lines.

Most of the time it is turgid rocaille, nothing more.

The style was called rococo�itself an onomatopoeic image of the art �from the French word rocaille, meaning fancywork in rocks and shells.