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Lot Essay
Le grand-père de Jean Desforges, Michel, travailla dans l'atelier de Pierre Gôle jusqu'à la mort de ce dernier en 1685, puis s'installa dans l'atelier d'André-Charles Boulle (J. Guiffrey, "Sentence et arrêt rendus contre André-Charles Boulle au profit de ses ouvriers, 1685", in Nouvelles annales de l'Art Français, 1881, p. 316). Installé dans la grande rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Desforges se maria en 1707 et eut deux fils, Robert, qualifié de marqueteur ébéniste et Michel II, qui devint également ébéniste. Michel II a eu de nombreux enfants dont Jean, mais aussi Jeanne, mariée à Guillaume Martin, célèbre peintre marchand et Vernisseur du Roi. Il est presque certain que Martin et Jean Desforges ont travaillé ensemble sur divers meubles en laque. Martin a notamment peint certaines zones de laque orientale pour créer un motif plus complet. Un autre membre de sa famille avec lequel Desforges a collaboré est son cousin, le ciseleur Guillaume, qui a également fourni des bronzes à Jean-Pierre Latz.
Jean Desforges’ grandfather, Michel, worked in Pierre Gôle's workshop until the death of the latter in 1685 and then moved to the workshop of André-Charles Boulle (J. Guiffrey, "Sentence et arrêt rendus contre André-Charles Boulle au profit de ses ouvriers, 1685", in Nouvelles annales de l'Art Français, 1881, p. 316). Settled in the Grande Rue in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Desforges married in 1707 and had two sons, Robert, identified as a marquetry cabinet maker and Michel the Younger, who also became a cabinet maker. Michel the Younger had several children, including Jean, as well as Jeanne, who married Guillaume Martin, the famous painter and dealer and Varnisher to the King It is almost certain that Martin and Jean Desforges worked together on a variety of lacquered furniture. Martin in particular painted certain zones in oriental lacquer to create a more complex motif. Another member of the family, with whom Desforges collaborated, was his cousin, the engraver Guillaume, who also provided bronze to Jean-Pierre Latz.
Jean Desforges’ grandfather, Michel, worked in Pierre Gôle's workshop until the death of the latter in 1685 and then moved to the workshop of André-Charles Boulle (J. Guiffrey, "Sentence et arrêt rendus contre André-Charles Boulle au profit de ses ouvriers, 1685", in Nouvelles annales de l'Art Français, 1881, p. 316). Settled in the Grande Rue in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Desforges married in 1707 and had two sons, Robert, identified as a marquetry cabinet maker and Michel the Younger, who also became a cabinet maker. Michel the Younger had several children, including Jean, as well as Jeanne, who married Guillaume Martin, the famous painter and dealer and Varnisher to the King It is almost certain that Martin and Jean Desforges worked together on a variety of lacquered furniture. Martin in particular painted certain zones in oriental lacquer to create a more complex motif. Another member of the family, with whom Desforges collaborated, was his cousin, the engraver Guillaume, who also provided bronze to Jean-Pierre Latz.