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Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, maître in 1766.
These tables were conceived in the somber, unadorned taste of the late eighteenth century known as the goût anglais, using simple functional forms undisturbed by gilt mounts and often based directly on English prototypes. This fashionable new style of the 1770s and 1780s was promoted by Madame de Pompadour's brother, the marquis de Marigny, who greatly admired the simple forms and plain beauty of English mahogany furniture. Not only was he buying restrained mahogany pieces through an agent in London, but he was also commissioning furniture in a similar vein from his favored ébénistes, for example the well-known set of mahogany chairs showing a strong English influence, which were supplied by Pierre Garnier for the dining room of his hôtel in the place des Victoires in 1778.
Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas (c. 1712-1797), was German, and arrived in Paris in 1745, working first for Jean-François Oeben and Pierre Migeon. He was one of the most successful proponents of the goût anglais and executed a number of utilitarian yet luxurious items for his most discerning clients, including the Royal family. Using the finest mahogany, Canabas made a wide array of furnishings in the goût anglais, including serviteurs muet, rafraîchissoirs, and tables à volets.
These tables were conceived in the somber, unadorned taste of the late eighteenth century known as the goût anglais, using simple functional forms undisturbed by gilt mounts and often based directly on English prototypes. This fashionable new style of the 1770s and 1780s was promoted by Madame de Pompadour's brother, the marquis de Marigny, who greatly admired the simple forms and plain beauty of English mahogany furniture. Not only was he buying restrained mahogany pieces through an agent in London, but he was also commissioning furniture in a similar vein from his favored ébénistes, for example the well-known set of mahogany chairs showing a strong English influence, which were supplied by Pierre Garnier for the dining room of his hôtel in the place des Victoires in 1778.
Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas (c. 1712-1797), was German, and arrived in Paris in 1745, working first for Jean-François Oeben and Pierre Migeon. He was one of the most successful proponents of the goût anglais and executed a number of utilitarian yet luxurious items for his most discerning clients, including the Royal family. Using the finest mahogany, Canabas made a wide array of furnishings in the goût anglais, including serviteurs muet, rafraîchissoirs, and tables à volets.