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De l'Orme

noun
1.
French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570).  Synonyms: Delorme, Philibert de l'Orme, Philibert Delorme.






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"De l'Orme" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bellay, Messieurs de Guise, the Sieur de Birague, and other Italians, who at that time stood well at court in consequence of the king's protection; the admiral, Montgomery, the officers of the household, and certain poets, such as Melin de St. Gelays, Philibert de l'Orme, and ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 2 • Honore de Balzac

... contemporaries of Bourbons, that is not represented there; the "Hall of the Guises" contains kindred faces, from all the realms of Christendom; the "Salon des Rois" holds Joan of Arc, sculptured in marble by the hand of a princess; in the drawing- room, Pere la Chaise and Marion de l'Orme are side by side, and the angelic beauty of Agnes Sorel floods the great hall with light, like a sunbeam; and in this priceless treasure-house, worth more to France than almost fair Normandy itself, this gallery of glory, first arranged at Choisy, then transferred ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858 • Various

... history) perhaps transcends the talent of mortals. Could one but, after infinite reading, get to understand so much as the plan of the building! But there is open Esplanade, at the end of the Rue Saint-Antoine; there are such Forecourts, Cour Avance, Cour de l'Orme, arched Gateway (where Louis Tournay now fights); then new drawbridges, dormant-bridges, rampart-bastions, and the grim Eight Towers: a labyrinthic Mass, high-frowning there, of all ages from twenty years to four hundred and twenty;—beleaguered, in this its last ...
— The French Revolution • Thomas Carlyle



Words linked to "De l'Orme" :   architect, designer, Delorme



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