Charles-Etienne Briseux (c. 1680-1754) was a French

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. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel pieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the

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mode. He was also an industrious writer on architectural subjects.

Works

His principal works are: *''L'Architecture moderne'' (2 vols., 1728). *''L'Art de bâtir les maisons de campagne'' (2 vols., 1743). *''Traité du beau essentiel dans les arts, appliqué particulièrement à l'architecture'' (1752). *''Traité des proportions harmoniques''.

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Attribution: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Briseux, Charles Etienne 18th-century French architects 1680 births 1754 deaths French architecture writers French Rococo architects