1. Charles Plumet was a French architect, decorator and ceramist.
11 Facts About Charles Plumet
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Charles Plumet became an architect and designed buildings in medieval and early French Renaissance styles.
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Charles Plumet collaborated with Tony Selmersheim on interiors and furniture design in Art Nouveau forms.
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Charles Plumet became a member of l'Art dans Tout, an association of architects, painters and sculptors that was actively trying to renew decorative art between 1896 and 1901, following styles from adapted medieval to Art Nouveau.
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Charles Plumet wrote an article that praised Louis Bonnier, who he thought had carefully adapted forms to contexts and needs, but he rejected architecture that imitated the landscape.
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In 1908 Frantz Jourdain was president of the Salon d'automne, Charles Plumet was vice-president and Henri Sauvage was sectional president for architecture.
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Charles Plumet was chief architect of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.
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Charles Plumet was the architect of many apartment blocks and hotels particuliers in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Charles Plumet was charged with designing the outside entrances to the Pelleport, Saint-Fargeau, and Porte des Lilas stations on the Paris Metro Line 3bis, which was finally completed in December 1920.
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Charles Plumet designed the stations so the elevators are accessible directly from the surface.
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Charles Plumet designed four towers for the 1925 exhibition, each with a regional restaurant from which the diners could look out over the city.