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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 a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days.
Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853) were the two most influential figures in the field of Empire decoration and furnishing. Official architects to the court of Napoleon, their main responsibility was the renovation of the various royal residences.
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Aug 21, 2018 · The appropriately imperial volume—gold lettering on a jet-black dust jacket—gathers together all Percier and Fontaine designs that were published between 1798 and 1812, engravings of tea...
Apr 1, 2024 · Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine were a pair of French architects and interior designers who carried out many building and decorative projects during the reign of Napoleon I and helped create the influential Empire style (q.v.) of interior decoration. Percier and Fontaine became acquainted with.
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From the publishers: “Handsomely designed and richly illustrated, this publication surveys the magnificent spectrum of projects undertaken by French architect and interior designer Charles Percier (1764-1838). After gaining an illustrious reputation for supervising the scenery at the Paris Opera during the French Revolution, Percier was later ...
Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions—on view at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York City through February 12, 2017— will be the first large-scale exhibition to survey the magnificent range of projects undertaken by the French architect and designer from the end
Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Title: Design for a Bedroom. Artist: School of Charles Percier (French, Paris 1764–1838 Paris) Date: 1785–1838. Medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash and watercolor and laid paper. Dimensions: sheet: 11 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (30.1 x 54 cm) Classification: Drawings.
