{"id":9513,"date":"2024-12-20T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebenisterie-mathieuvath.fr\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:00:36","slug":"cartel-louis-xv-estampille-de-duhamel-et-lamy-horloger-de-monseigneur-le-dauphin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebenisterie-mathieuvath.fr\/en\/2024\/12\/20\/cartel-louis-xv-estampille-de-duhamel-et-lamy-horloger-de-monseigneur-le-dauphin\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis XV cartel clock stamped by Duhamel and Lamy, clockmakers to Monseigneur the Dauphin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restoration of an 18th-century Louis XV period clock case made of Martin varnish, with a red lacquer background and polychrome oil-painted decoration. The case of this clock was made by Fran\u00e7ois Duhamel and the movement is signed by Michel Lamy, clockmaker to Monseigneur the Dauphin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fran\u00e7ois Duhamel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Parisian cabinetmaker, born in 1723, received as a master on February 3, 1750, he lived until February 2, 1801. He resided on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and his specialty was the manufacture of clock cases.
In 1775, he was tasked with appraising the goods of his colleague Antoine Foullet, following the death of this cabinetmaker, who had dedicated himself to the same type of work. His period of activity seems to have ceased three or four years later.<\/p>\n\n\n

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LAMY Michel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Born in 1721, he signed his work LAMY at the Louvre early in his career. He then became clockmaker to the Dauphin until 1748 before becoming clockmaker to the King and taking up residence in the Louvre. Monseigneur the Dauphin<\/a> He worked until 1748 before becoming clockmaker to the King and taking up residence in the Louvre. He obtained his master's certificate on September 3, 1767, in Paris. In 1771, he took out a perpetual annuity from the French East India Company before dying on February 21, 1807, in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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