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Jean-Henri Riesener
(4th Jul, 1734 - 6th Jan, 1806)
encoignure
1775
Credit:
Nous contacter au préalable pour la publicité. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Franck Raux
Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/
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Keywords:
Louis XV style
corner cupboard
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About the artwork
Title:
encoignure
Periods:
18th century
Techniques:
chased
gilded
bronze
marbre brèche
amaranth
oak (wood)
veneer
marquetry
Dimensions:
995 x 1047
Inventory number:
VMB14376.2
Detail:
la façade tripartite à ressaut central ouvrant à un vantail ; marqueterie à mosaïque et fleurs en bois satiné avec filets blancs et noirs, encadrement en placage d'amarante, pilastres d'angle en gaine plaqués en racine de bois bleu ; frise à branches d'olivier, rinceaux et rosettes, chutes en console à feuilles d'ornement, moulures et baguettes, le tout en bronze ciselé et doré ; dessus de marbre brèche violette
Location:
Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-Henri Riesener
Born:
4th Jul, 1734
Dead:
6th Jan, 1806
Country:
Allemagne
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-Henri Riesener
(German:
Johann Heinrich Riesener
) (4 July 1734 – 6 January 1806) was the French royal
ébéniste
, working in Paris, whose work exemplified the early neoclassical "Louis XVI style". Riesener was born in Gladbeck, Westphalia, Germany, moved to Paris where he apprenticed soon after 1754 with Jean-François Oeben, whose widow he married; he was received master ébéniste in January 1768. The following year he began supplying furniture for the Crown and in July 1774 formally became…
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