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Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
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Juste-Aurèle Meissonier: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1693 or 1695 • Turin • Italy
Died July 31, 1750 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Louis XV style • Rococo
Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
Northampton
Edward Godwin
British architect and writer
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Andrée Putman
French designer
André-Charles Boulle
French cabinetmaker
Germain Boffrand
French architect
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
Robert de Cotte
French architect
Oeben, Jean-François: commode
Jean-François Oeben
French cabinetmaker
rocaille decorated doors
François de Cuvilliés the Elder
French architect
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Eero Saarinen in a womb chair
Eero Saarinen
American architect
Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard
American architect and designer
Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Brazilian architect
Marcel Breuer
Hungarian architect

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