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Also Known As André-Charles Boule • André-Charles Buhl
Born November 11, 1642 • Paris • France
Died February 28, 1732 (aged 89) • Paris • France • (Anniversary in 6 days)
Movement / Style Louis XIV style
Gerrit Jensen
British artist
Charles Le Brun
French painter
Andrée Putman
French designer
Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
Charles Cressent
French cabinetmaker
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
Northampton
Edward Godwin
British architect and writer
Abraham Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Thomas Hope
English author and furniture designer
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Charlotte Perriand: 1928 dining room
Charlotte Perriand
French designer
Philippe Starck: Costes chair
Philippe Starck
French designer
Vase with relief decoration by Émile Gallé, c. 1895; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Émile Gallé
French glass designer
Etching of a design for a table from his book, Ornamens Inventory, by Jean Berain the Elder, c. 1670–1700.
Jean Berain, the Elder
French designer and painter
Majorelle, Louis
Louis Majorelle
French cabinetmaker
Jewel casket on a stand, veneered with mahogany, sycamore, and purplewood, by Jean-Henri Riesener, c. 1780; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jean-Henri Riesener
German cabinetmaker
Georges Jacob
French furniture maker