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Lot Essay
Jean-Jacques Pafrat, maître in 1785.
These impressive bibliothèques are typical of the oeuvre of Pafrat, an ébéniste who specialized in a severe, sober style of relatively unadorned mahogany typical of the end of the Louis XVI period. He had a short-lived career, receiving his maîtrise in 1785, and dying at the revolutionary battle of Linselles in 1793, so his work is relatively rare.
These impressive bibliothèques are typical of the oeuvre of Pafrat, an ébéniste who specialized in a severe, sober style of relatively unadorned mahogany typical of the end of the Louis XVI period. He had a short-lived career, receiving his maîtrise in 1785, and dying at the revolutionary battle of Linselles in 1793, so his work is relatively rare.