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| | Percier, Charles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05) |
 | | In the development of the Empire style under Napoleon's official sponsorship, Percier and Fontaine became its official interpreters, not only for Paris but also in Antwerp, Brussels, and Rome, where they designed many residences. |
 | | They worked (1802-12) on the palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, designed the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, and did alterations and decorations for the imperial châteaux of Versailles, Malmaison, Compiègne, and Saint-Cloud. |
 | | The partnership dissolved in 1814, and Percier thereafter conducted a student atelier. |
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