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    François d'Orbay (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔʁbɛ]; 1634–1697) was a French draughtsman and architect who worked closely with Louis Le Vau and Jules...
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    architect Antoine Lepautre, architect François Le Vau, architect Pierre II Mignard, architect François d'Orbay, architect Subsequent edicts of the crown...
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    provided on April 6, 1686. The remainder of the plan was designed by François d'Orbay. The foreground of the plan, however, was quickly changed to take into...
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    architect François d'Orbay. Work at the palace during the 1670s focused on its interiors, as the palace was then nearing completion, though d'Orbay expanded...
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    reconstruction totaled about 400,000 livres. Hardouin-Mansart's assistant, François d'Orbay, prepared a general site plan, showing the Palais-Royal before these...
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    (1662–1668), facing the Louvre. It was designed by Louis Le Vau and François d'Orbay, and combined the new college donated by Cardinal Mazarin, a chapel...
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    reproduced by: Blunt 1953, plate 155a; Laprade 1960, Plate VI 2b (asserts François d'Orbay is the author); Tadgell 1980, fig. 66; Pérouse de Montclos 1989, fig...
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    Arts, March 1955, pp. 21–24. ISSN 0482-7872 Laprade, Albert (1960). François d'Orbay: Architecte de Louis XIV. Paris: Éditions Vincent, Fréal. OCLC 562063179...
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    of order on the Tuileries Garden. His architects, Louis Le Vau and François d'Orbay, finally finished the Tuileries Palace, making a proper royal residence...
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    "Madame de Lorraine" a farewell visit at Commercy, and her letters to François-Antoine Devaux paint a lively picture of life there. When the Dowager Duchess...
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