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    Charles Percier ([ʃaʁl pɛʁsje]; 22 August 1764 – 5 September 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in...
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    1787). It was during this period that he met Charles Percier, a fellow student in Peyre’s workshop (Percier also won the prix de Rome and joined Fontaine...
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    1800–1802, by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (Paris), 1806–1808, by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard...
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    Directoire style was primarily established by the architects and designers Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pier François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853). In its...
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    Joséphine's service - Sèvres porcelain Library Library created in 1800 by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine Furniture in mahogany is the creation...
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  • Percier and Fontaine was a noted partnership between French architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine. Together, Percier and Fontaine...
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    professional bond with his slightly younger colleague Charles Percier. Between 1805 and 1810 Percier and Fontaine completed the works of the Cour Carrée...
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    Gabiou. He also collaborated with Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Charles Percier on architectural projects. In 1805, he became a member of the Institute...
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    of the main door of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice. Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, the arch was built between 1806...
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    western wing of the Cour d'Honneur, the Aile Montpensier, and with Charles Percier, what was probably the most famous of Paris's covered arcades, the...
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    face; unknown dimensions; Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris Fan; by Charles Percier, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Antoine Denis Chaudet; c.1797-1799;...
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    July 1804 and designed by painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey and designer Charles Percier. Nevertheless, the Marshals often chose to wear either variants of...
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  • (1880–1948) Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000) Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) Charles Percier (1764–1838) Alan Peters (1933–2009) Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854) Giancarlo...
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    the Palace of Tau where he stayed. A new gold coach was designed by Charles Percier. Large crowds gathered in the city of Reims for the event. The Holy...
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    works were eventually sold to Tsar Alexander of Russia. The architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine essentially became the decorators for Joséphine...
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    the Tuileries, a more suitable setting for his imperial ambitions. Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine began redesigning the interior in the Neoclassical...
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    (1786–1858), who had studied in the atelier of Napoleon's designer, Charles Percier. Montferrand's design was criticised by some members of the commission...
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    he ordered it to be made habitable again. Louis-Martin Berthault, Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, decorators Dubois and Pierre-Joseph...
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    obelisk. Hittorff had been a student of the Neoclassical designer Charles Percier at the École des Beaux-Arts. He had spent two years studying the architecture...
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    Napoleon Bonaparte came to power, the most influential architects were Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853). Their...
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    January 1824 and was also buried in Santa Croce, with a monument by Charles Percier. Vaughan, Herbert M, The Last Stuart Queen, 1st edition, Brentano's...
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  • Hobson Richardson, American city architect (died 1886) September 5 – Charles Percier, French Neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer (born...
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    Neoclassical rosettes in the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, 1806-1808 Neoclassical rosettes...
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    bishop, Jean-Baptiste de Belloy, who restored the cathedral's interior. Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine made quasi-Gothic modifications...
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    No award 1717 – Charles Lamy 1718–20 – No record 1721 – Charles-Joseph Natoire 1722 – No record 1723 – François Boucher 1724 – Charles-André van Loo 1725...
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    administrative and military city. The architects in charge of the project were Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. Another project, envisaged by...
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    mentioning are also the Raczyński Library in Poznań (designed probably by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine) and the Wybrzeże Theater in Gdańsk...
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    artists, including Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Jacques-Louis David, Charles Percier, Adolph Menzel, Félix Bracquemond, Edmond Aman-Jean, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner...
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  • singer Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke – English aristocrat Charles Percier – French Neo-classical architect Georges Perec – French author Casimir...
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  • Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790) 1838 – Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764) 1857 – Auguste Comte...
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