Drop - vordere Sekretärin (Sécretaire à Abattant oder Sécretaire en Wandschrank). Kultur: Französisch, Paris. Abmessungen: H. 63-1/2 x W 32 x D 15. (161,3 x 81,3 x 38,1 cm). Factory Regie: unter der Leitung von Jean Hauré (1739 geboren, aktiv 1774 - nach 1796). Schöpfer: Guillaume Benneman (Aktiv 1785, gestorben 1811); und Michaud; Wahrscheinlich werfen durch Étienne-Jean Forestier (gestorben 1768, Master 1764); Pierre-Auguste Forestier; von Pierre Philippe Thomire (Französisch, Paris 1751-1843 Paris) gejagt, und Bardin; und Tournay und andere; vergoldet von Galle. Modeler: Mounts modelliert von Louis Simon Boizot (Französisch, Paris 1743-1809
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Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en armoire). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: H. 63-1/2 x W. 32 x D. 15 in. (161.3 x 81.3 x 38.1 cm). Factory director: Under the direction of Jean Hauré (born 1739, active 1774-after 1796). Maker: Guillaume Benneman (active 1785, died 1811); and Michaud; Probably cast by Étienne-Jean Forestier (died 1768, master 1764); Pierre-Auguste Forestier; Chased by Pierre Philippe Thomire (French, Paris 1751-1843 Paris); and Bardin; and Tournay and others; Gilded by Galle. Modeler: Mounts modeled by Louis Simon Boizot (French, Paris 1743-1809 Paris); and Martin, possibly Gilles-François Martin (ca. 1713-1795). Date: 1786-87. This unusually well documented secretary--known as a secrétaire en armoire because the section below the drop front, or abattant, is fitted as a cupboard (armoire)--beautifully illustrates the collaborative nature of high-quality furniture production in eighteenth-century France. Because of strict guild regulations that enforced high standards of workmanship and stimulated a high degree of specialization, many different artists were involved in its creation. Intended for Louis XVI's study at the Château de Compiègne, a palatial hunting lodge fifty miles northeast of Paris, this piece was ordered to match an existing commode made by Gilles Joubert for Louis XV in 1770. Jean Hauré (b. 1739), a sculptor and entrepreneur des meubles to the court, supervised the work and engaged the German-born Guillaume Benneman, who had been named king's cabinetmaker in 1785, to execute the frame and the marquetry. The curvilinear latticework pattern of the marquetry was originally enriched with small gilded rosettes. The gilt-bronze mounts went through the hands of many different artists and craftsmen (listed above) during successive modeling, casting, chasing, burnishing, and mercury-gilding procedures. Jean-Pierre Lanfant supplied the original top of dark red Italian griotte marble, which has since been repl
