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Jean-Henri Riesener
(4th Jul, 1734 - 6th Jan, 1806)
Table à écrire
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Louis XVI style
table (writing)
hinged furniture
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About the artwork
Title:
Table à écrire
Periods:
18th century
modern age
Techniques:
mahogany
cabinetwork (technique)
Inventory number:
OA10470
Detail:
vers 1780 ; estampillée : JH Riesener et JF Leleu
Location:
musée du Louvre
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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