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Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier (15 July 1709 - 1773) was a French architect.
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Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier (15 July 1709 - 1773) was a French architect.
Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier was born in Rouen, the son of a carpenter.
He became a member of the Académie royale d'architecture in 1756. His students included the brothers Joseph-Abel and Guillaume-Martin Couture, Jean-Baptiste Louis Élisabeth Le Boursier and Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré.
He died in Paris in 1773.
His works include the rebuilding of the Château de la Ferté-Vidame (1771).
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