BRISEUX

briseux, charles etienne (c. 1680-1754), french architect. he was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations--mantelpieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the louis quinze mode. he was also an industrious writer on architectural subjects. his principal works are:--_l'architecture moderne_ (2 vols., 1728); _l'art de batir les maisons de campagne_ (2 vols., 1743); _traite du beau essentiel dans les arts, applique particulierement a l'architecture_ (1752); and _traite des proportions harmoniques._