(b Paris, 27 July 1672; d Paris, 13 March 1742). French architect, designer and illustrator. He was in the first rank of architects during the great period of interior decoration in France during the first half of the 18th century. Appointed by the Duc d’Orléans as his chief architect and designer during the Regency (1715–23), Oppenord was in a position to wield a strong influence on the development of the Rococo style.

• Oppenord, Gilles-Marie
  • Frame, §III, 5: France: Régence
  • Gittard, Daniel
  • Orléans, House of: (3) Philippe II, §2: 1701–14
  • Orléans, House of: (3) Philippe II, §3: 1715–23
  • groups and movements
    • Rococo, §II, 2: France: Régence style, 1715–c. 1730
  • patrons and collectors
    • Crozat: (1) Pierre Crozat
    • France, §X, 2: Gold boxes
  • pupils
    • Blondel: (2) Jacques-François Blondel, §1: Early training, teaching and writings
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Girardon, François, §4: Collecting
    • Huquier, Gabriel
    • Joullain, François
  • works
    • France, §V, 4: Interior decoration, 1723–1815
    • France, §VI, 2(ii): Furniture, 1589–1715: Louis XIV style
    • Frémin, René
    • Germany, §V, 3: Interior decoration, c 1700–c 1790
    • Le Lorrain, Robert
    • Orléans, House of: (4) Louis, Duc d’Orléans
    • Pattern book, §I, 2(i): Western: Decorative arts, after c 1440
    • Régence style