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Three Rare Percier and Fontaine Albums
A set of three collections of projects coming directly from Pierre-François Fontaine’s descendants and library attest to the two architects’ vision and show the changing urban fabric of Paris. Pierre François Fontaine, collection of 41 plates including the development of the Chaillot mountain, large in-folio, half-red morocco basane binding, 1820–1830,…
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Martin Guillaume Biennais' Empire
Napoleon I's goldsmith created this vermeil ewer and basin for Joachim Murat, based on a design by Charles Percier. Martin Guillaume Biennais, first Empire, c. 1809, ewer and basin in vermeil with the arms of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, standard mark 950 Coq 1, medium guarantee, Biennais goldsmith's mark…