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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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    replaced by Corinthian richness and splendour". Two French architects, Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, were together the creators of...
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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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    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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    brought up for special occasions.[clarification needed] 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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    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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    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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    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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