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Jean Berain, the Elder: Quick Facts

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Born October 28, 1637 • Saint-Mihiel • France
Died January 24, 1711 (aged 73) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Régence style • Rococo • chinoiserie • singerie

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Etching of a design for a table from his book, Ornamens Inventory, by Jean Berain the Elder, c. 1670–1700.
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Gerhard Dagly
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Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
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Robert de Cotte
French architect
Watteau, Antoine: Mezzetin
Antoine Watteau
French painter
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Charles Le Brun
French painter
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Andrée Putman
French designer
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André-Charles Boulle
French cabinetmaker
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Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
Charles Cressent
French cabinetmaker
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Germain Boffrand
French architect
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
“The Calling of the Hounds,” tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1742–45; in the Pitti Palace, Florence
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
French artist
Etching of a design for a counterpane by Pineau, c. 1740
Nicolas Pineau
French sculptor and interior designer
The Lion Hunt, oil on canvas by Jean-François de Troy, 1735; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 60 × 40.64 cm.
Jean-François de Troy
French painter
rocaille decorated doors
François de Cuvilliés the Elder
French architect
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
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William Morris
British artist and author
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
Sir Osbert Lancaster, 1960
Sir Osbert Lancaster
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Charles Locke Eastlake
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