Scrapbook from Percier’s workshop, 1804-10

The following reproduces selected pages of a scrapbook from Charles Percier's workshop, displayed in the adjacent case.

Certain pages are bookmarked at the top of the screen and feature details of sketches that can be enlarged.

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Sketches of atheniennes, similar to the tripod washstand made by Martin Guillaume Biennais in the adjacent gallery
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Sketch done on a piece of the prospectus for Charles Moreau’s Fragmens et ornemens d’architecture (1800)
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Sketch of a bed for Juliette Récamier
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Sketch of the armchair from the Salon d’Argent, Élysée Palace, on display in this gallery
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Sketch of a lantern to mark the entrance to the Tuileries Palace (elevation and cross section on view on the 3rd floor)
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