Furniture Design Ideas

b. 1726; MASTER 1766 T his ebcniste worked in the Faubourg Saint – /ntoine. first in the rue Traversiere and then in the rue de Charonne. Teune specialized in the production of secretaires a cylindrc; this type of furniture which was first made in France by Oeben, Gamier and Boudin, appeared between 1760 and 1765. […]

c. 1720-80; MASTER 1749 As the son and grandson of Parisian ebenistes. Balthazar Lieutaud in his turn adopted this profession. Becoming a master in 1749, he settled in the rue de la Pelleterie in the lie de la Cite, the clock-makers’ quarter. He was one of the most renowned clock-case-makers of his day. supplying clock-makers […]

ROGER VANDERCRUSE. KNOWN AS LACROIX. 1728-99: MASTER 1749 B orn in 1728, son of an independent artisan – ebeniste in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Roger Vandercruse belonged to the most important dynasty of ebenistes of the eighteenth century. Of his five sisters, three married ebenistes: Frangoise-Mar – guerite married first Jean-Fran^ois Oeben and then Riesener; Marie-Marguerite […]

ANTOINE, с. 1710-75; MASTER 1749PI ERR E-ANTOINE, b. c. 1732. MASTER 1765 A ntoine Foul let was married to Сепеу1ёуе Bailleul at the end of 1730 or early in 1731. They had three children: the eldest. Pierre – Antoine. who followed in his father’s footsteps: Antoine-Andre who became a clock-maker, and Marie-Genevieve who married the […]

JEAN-BAPTISTE I. c. 1700-c. 1767; MASTER 1741; MARCHAND-EBENISTEJEAN-BAPTISTE II. b. c. 1720; MARCHAND-MERC1ER Memtars of a dynasty of Parisian ebenistes and dealers, the Tuarts, father and son. had the same Christian name. Jean-Baptiste. The father, born in about 1700, became a master in 1741 and remained active until about 1760. The son, born in about […]

1735-1807; MASTER 1761; MARCHAND-EBENISTE A t the start of his career Boudin was an inde­pendent craftsman, settled in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, first in the rue du Faubourg, then the rue Saint-Nicolas until 1767. working for his fellow ebcniste Migeon. to whom he supplied furni­ture in floral marquetry and in chinoiserie lacquer, as well as for […]

d. 1778; MASTER 1765 T his ebeniste was born in the Low Countries. His name was originally Van Oostenryk which he gallicized to Dautriche when he set­tled in Paris before 1743. At first Jacques Dautriche was an independent journeyman, not becoming master until 1763. He was by then a marquetry spe­cialist of repute. The striking […]

c. 1725-86: MASTER 1769 The younger brother of Jean-Fran<;ois Oeben followed the latter to Paris and is recorded in 1759 working at the Gobelins as head journeyman in his brother’s workshop. When Jean – Frangois moved to the Arsenal in 1756. Simon took over his lodgings as well as the actual management of the Gobelins […]

The 1763 inventory also lists Oeben’s clientele. It was made up of the high nobility and the Court. The prin­cipal debtors, besides the Garde-Meuble Royal (8.(XM)L). were the I)uc d’Aumont (1.500L). the Duchesse de Lauraguais (1.397L), the Duchessc de Cirammont. sister of Choiseul (968L). M. de Valen- linois (1.535L) and ‘Monsieur le Premier’ (1.176L). The […]

The list of creditors noted in the inventory taken after his death gives the names of the bronziers and ebe – nistes who were working for Oeben at the time; for ex­ample. the chaser Hervieux was owed the enormous sum of 7.721 livres which indicates the importance of his work for Oel>en. Another chaser. Duplessis. […]