Jean-Henri Riesener
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The first major book on Riesener, one of the greatest French cabinet-makers of all time.
Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French cabinet-makers of all time, supplying the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette and furnishing royal and aristocratic houses. His pieces are of exquisite design and superb workmanship, using the most costly materials throughout and becoming a byword for all that is admired in French furniture worldwide.
This first major monograph on Riesener traces his career in pre-revolutionary France, highlighting his work as the most celebrated cabinet maker of the Louis XVI period and focusing on the enduring appeal of his furniture through the nineteenth century and beyond. Based on the extensive collections of the Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor and the Royal Collection it is fully illustrated with new photography and includes much new research making it essential not only to art historians and collectors, but also to decorative arts enthusiasts and lovers of fine furniture.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1781300909
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 236 x 282 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.89 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
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.
Cuprins
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
Recenzii
This authoritative tome is both an enjoyable read as well as a scholarly compilation of original research [...] it is extremely refreshing to be presented with such a clearly written and entirely unapologetic celebration of one of the creative geniuses of the French eighteenth century. This publication would do Watson, Bellaigue and Verlet proud. More, please.