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Jean-Henri Riesener
Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Sprache: Englisch

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This first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques.

Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769. He went on to become Marie-Antoinette's favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality.

Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener's name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture. His pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide.

Based on the extensive collections of Riesener furniture in the Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor and the Royal Collection, the authors examine the objects and their history, and highlight the changing tastes of the nineteenth-century collectors who acquired so many former French royal pieces. The new illustrations and visual glossary add another important resource for art historians, decorative arts enthusiasts and furniture lovers.
This first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques.

Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769. He went on to become Marie-Antoinette's favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality.

Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener's name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture. His pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide.

Based on the extensive collections of Riesener furniture in the Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor and the Royal Collection, the authors examine the objects and their history, and highlight the changing tastes of the nineteenth-century collectors who acquired so many former French royal pieces. The new illustrations and visual glossary add another important resource for art historians, decorative arts enthusiasts and furniture lovers.
Über den Autor
Helen Jacobsen, Rufus Bird, Mia Jackson
Zusammenfassung
Despite the immense success Riesener garnered during his career, comparatively little has been written about him, and very little in English. The greatest museums of decorative art in the world are proud to display his work, and collectors and dealers alike are still hungry to buy furniture from his workshop
Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Riesener, Oeben & Vandercruse families

THE CABINETMAKER

Jean-Henri Riesener: a portrait sketch
Christian Baulez

A German in Paris
Laura Langelüddecke

Jean-Henri Riesener and the business of furniture-making
Carolyn Sargentson

A question of language: the royal furniture administration's accounts
Lindsay Macnaughton

'Executed in the taste of painting': Riesener's marquetry designs
Mia Jackson

Jean-Henri Riesener: the portraits
Juliet Carey

THE COLLECTORS

From Versailles to Windsor Castle: George IV and Riesener
Rufus Bird

Alteration and appropriation: the 4th Marquess of Hertford
and the taste for Riesener
Helen Jacobsen

Riesener and the Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor
Ulrich Leben

Buying from Britain: the development of a new market
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide

THE FURNITURE

Works in the Wallace Collection, the Royal Collection & Waddesdon Manor

THE MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES

Materials and techniques
Jürgen Huber

Visual glossary
Alexander Collins

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781781300909
ISBN-10: 1781300909
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 291 x 246 x 32 mm
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.02.2021
Gewicht: 1,894 kg
Artikel-ID: 117893012
Über den Autor
Helen Jacobsen, Rufus Bird, Mia Jackson
Zusammenfassung
Despite the immense success Riesener garnered during his career, comparatively little has been written about him, and very little in English. The greatest museums of decorative art in the world are proud to display his work, and collectors and dealers alike are still hungry to buy furniture from his workshop
Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Riesener, Oeben & Vandercruse families

THE CABINETMAKER

Jean-Henri Riesener: a portrait sketch
Christian Baulez

A German in Paris
Laura Langelüddecke

Jean-Henri Riesener and the business of furniture-making
Carolyn Sargentson

A question of language: the royal furniture administration's accounts
Lindsay Macnaughton

'Executed in the taste of painting': Riesener's marquetry designs
Mia Jackson

Jean-Henri Riesener: the portraits
Juliet Carey

THE COLLECTORS

From Versailles to Windsor Castle: George IV and Riesener
Rufus Bird

Alteration and appropriation: the 4th Marquess of Hertford
and the taste for Riesener
Helen Jacobsen

Riesener and the Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor
Ulrich Leben

Buying from Britain: the development of a new market
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide

THE FURNITURE

Works in the Wallace Collection, the Royal Collection & Waddesdon Manor

THE MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES

Materials and techniques
Jürgen Huber

Visual glossary
Alexander Collins

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781781300909
ISBN-10: 1781300909
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 291 x 246 x 32 mm
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.02.2021
Gewicht: 1,894 kg
Artikel-ID: 117893012
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