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

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Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette - Jacobsen, Helen (Volume editor)
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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 ...

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Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 2020, Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781781300909

Hardcover