Which neoclassical style in France is associated with the late 18th century under the Directory?

The neoclassical style in France associated with the late-18th-century Directory is the Directoire style.

It developed alongside the French Directory, the republican government that ruled from 1795 to 1799 after the most radical phase of the Revolution. The style appeared especially in furniture, interiors, fashion, and decorative arts, drawing on Greek, Roman, Etruscan, and Louis XVI precedents.

Directoire design favored cleaner geometry, restrained ornament, classical motifs, and mahogany veneers. Revolutionary imagery, including fasces, republican emblems, military trophies, and symbols from antiquity, also influenced its decoration. The style was shaped in part by designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine.

A common mix-up is confusing Directoire with Empire. Directoire is the transitional style of the Directory and early Consulate; Empire emerged afterward under Napoleon and generally used heavier, more imperial imagery. Louis XVI style preceded it, while Rococo belonged to an earlier, more ornate period.