{"id":6281,"date":"2022-07-18T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebenisterie-mathieuvath.fr\/?p=6281"},"modified":"2024-03-28T20:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:28:41","slug":"gueridon-louis-xvi-estampille-j-h-riesener-jme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebenisterie-mathieuvath.fr\/en\/2022\/07\/18\/gueridon-louis-xvi-estampille-j-h-riesener-jme\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis XVI gueridon stamped JH RIESENER JME"},"content":{"rendered":"

A minor restoration is needed for this "shelf-style" pedestal table, which can also be called a "dumb servant." It is made of solid mahogany, mahogany veneer, and Aleppo breccia marble. It bears the stamp of the lesser-known cabinetmaker to the Crown Furniture, Jean-Henri Riesener.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Before restoration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Is it really necessary to introduce Jean-Henri Riesener (July 4, 1734 \u2013 January 6, 1806), the undisputed master of the LXVI style, due to the scope and diversity of his work, but above all because of the very high quality of his furniture and the sumptuousness of the works commissioned by the court of Marie Antoinette?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born Johan Herman Riesener in Gladbeck, Germany, he began his career as an apprentice in the Parisian workshop of the great master Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Oeben, cabinetmaker to the king at the Arsenal. Their collaboration culminated in the creation of the king's roll-top desk, begun by Oeben and finished by Riesener. Upon Oeben's death, he took over the workshop under the tutelage of Oeben's widow, Fran\u00e7oise Marguerite Vandercruse. (yet another large family of cabinetmakers)<\/em> whom he married in 1767.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having received his master craftsman's certificate on January 23, 1768, he was appointed cabinetmaker to the Crown in 1774, replacing Gilles Joubert. A privileged cabinetmaker, housed and protected by the king, Jean-Henri Riesener thus had the opportunity to break all the rules and work as he pleased. The inventory of the royal furniture repository reveals that he delivered nearly 700 pieces of furniture to the court between 1774 and 1784.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jean-Henri Riesener seated at one of his writing tables, painting by Antoine Vestier, 1786, (Versailles Museum).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Riesener's fortunes finally declined in the 1780s, when he was gradually ousted from the Crown Furniture Repository due to his exorbitant prices. Nevertheless, he remained in favor with the queen, who continued to commission pieces from him. During the revolutionary sales, Riesener bought back some of the furniture he had delivered to the Repository. He then considered reselling it and attempted to do so several times. Riesener closed his workshop permanently in 1801.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Portrait of Jean-Henri Riesener \u2013 Henri-Fran\u00e7ois <\/a>Riesener (1767-1828), 1800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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