Charles Percier
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Charles Percier 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. Portrait by Robert Lefèvre (1807)
View of a Roman House (watercolor)
The eastern façade of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Detail of Peace riding in a triumphal chariot from the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Château de Compiègne
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The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a former royal residence built for Louis XV and later restored by Napoleon. Compiègne was one of three seats of royal government, the others being Versail
Charles Percier
…Malmaison, as well as the Château de Montgobert for Pauline Bonaparte, and made alterations and decorations for former Bourbon palaces or castles at Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, and Fontainebleau. In working on these projects, they designed every detail of the interior decors: state beds, sculptural side tables…
The Château de Compiègne seen from the garden
Aerial image of Château de Compiègne and its park
Main staircase at the château
Music lounge