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Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female herm

Charles Percier, 1803

MEDIUMGrisaille on green ground
DIMENSIONS63 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (160.7 × 100.3 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Charles Percier

Charles Percier, a visionary French architect and designer, shaped the opulent Neoclassical style of the Napoleonic era, even designing a sword of service.

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