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Antoine Mathieu Criaerd, maître in 1747.
Marie-Josèphe, the daughter of Frederick-August II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, and the Archduchess Marie-Josepha, daughter of Joseph I of Austria was raised in Dresden. After the death of the Dauphin's first wife, Maria-Theresa of Spain, in 1746 at Versailles, Marie-Josèphe was betrothed to the Dauphin and they married in 1747.
The vernis Martin decoration was especially favored by the Dauphine and between 1749 and 1758 at least 13,500 livres were paid to the Martin brothers for decoration of her apartment at Versailles (see G. Bapst, Inventaire de Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, Dauphine de France, 1883, p. 72). This commode was delivered to Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, the Dauphine, in 1747. The page of the Journal du Garde Meuble where this commode was registered has been torn out so the identity of the dealer cannot be confirmed. However, the same day, 28 September, 1747, a secrétaire, two encoignures, a table and a small table en pupitre were delivered for the same apartment. The secrétaire matching the commode is described: un sécretaire de vernis vert de martin bombé chantourné sur tous les sens orné de cartouches fond jaune peints de divers fruits, fleurs et oyseaux des Indes dedans de bois satiné à placages le devant fermant à un abt pour former une table couverte de velours jaune encastré et renferme deux tiroirs doublé s de satin jaune, celuy à droite garny d'encrier poudrier et boête à éponge de cuivre blanchy et trois secrets à coulisse le secrétaire porté sur quatre pieds de biche de bronze doré d'or moulu...
In 1775, in the general inventory of the royal furniture, the commode is described under the number 1441: une commode de vernis petit vert de Martin, dessus de marbre brèche d'Alep ayant des camayeux dans des cartouches fond jaune et par devant deux tiroirs fermans à clef et ornée de chutes de festons rainceaux boutons et pieds de biche de bronze doré moulu longue de quatre pieds sur vingt pouces de profondeur et trent pouces de haut (noted Fontainebleau in the margin).
During the reign of Louis XVI the group was separated and in 1787 the commode, with the number 173, was in the apartment of the comtesse d'Artois while the secrétaire decorated the apartments of her husband. During the Revolution, much of the furniture in the château was sold, as was probably the case for this commode.
MATHIEU CRIAERD
The son of a grain merchant, Mathieu Criaerd was established in Paris by 1721 and received as a maître-ébéniste on January 29, 1738. He worked for the royal Garde-Meuble through the intermediary Gaudreaux but delivered vernis Martin furniture through the marchand Hébert.
THOMAS JOACHIM HÉBERT
It is certain Thomas Joachim Hébert supplied this commode. On October 30, 1742, he had already supplied to Madame de Mailly for the château de Choisy a commode de vernis fond blanc peint de fleurs, plantes, oiseaux et ornemens bleus (now Musée du Louvre, OA 11292).
On June 13, 1746, Hébert supplied the First Dauphine at Versailles a Japanned table and two red-lacquered secrétaires by Martin. The following year, Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV, bought from him a secrétaire vernis de Martin façon du Japon fond rouge and in 1749 Louis XV ordered a commode de vernis de la chine fond noir for the Trianon.
Marie-Josèphe, the daughter of Frederick-August II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, and the Archduchess Marie-Josepha, daughter of Joseph I of Austria was raised in Dresden. After the death of the Dauphin's first wife, Maria-Theresa of Spain, in 1746 at Versailles, Marie-Josèphe was betrothed to the Dauphin and they married in 1747.
The vernis Martin decoration was especially favored by the Dauphine and between 1749 and 1758 at least 13,500 livres were paid to the Martin brothers for decoration of her apartment at Versailles (see G. Bapst, Inventaire de Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, Dauphine de France, 1883, p. 72). This commode was delivered to Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, the Dauphine, in 1747. The page of the Journal du Garde Meuble where this commode was registered has been torn out so the identity of the dealer cannot be confirmed. However, the same day, 28 September, 1747, a secrétaire, two encoignures, a table and a small table en pupitre were delivered for the same apartment. The secrétaire matching the commode is described: un sécretaire de vernis vert de martin bombé chantourné sur tous les sens orné de cartouches fond jaune peints de divers fruits, fleurs et oyseaux des Indes dedans de bois satiné à placages le devant fermant à un abt pour former une table couverte de velours jaune encastré et renferme deux tiroirs doublé s de satin jaune, celuy à droite garny d'encrier poudrier et boête à éponge de cuivre blanchy et trois secrets à coulisse le secrétaire porté sur quatre pieds de biche de bronze doré d'or moulu...
In 1775, in the general inventory of the royal furniture, the commode is described under the number 1441: une commode de vernis petit vert de Martin, dessus de marbre brèche d'Alep ayant des camayeux dans des cartouches fond jaune et par devant deux tiroirs fermans à clef et ornée de chutes de festons rainceaux boutons et pieds de biche de bronze doré moulu longue de quatre pieds sur vingt pouces de profondeur et trent pouces de haut (noted Fontainebleau in the margin).
During the reign of Louis XVI the group was separated and in 1787 the commode, with the number 173, was in the apartment of the comtesse d'Artois while the secrétaire decorated the apartments of her husband. During the Revolution, much of the furniture in the château was sold, as was probably the case for this commode.
MATHIEU CRIAERD
The son of a grain merchant, Mathieu Criaerd was established in Paris by 1721 and received as a maître-ébéniste on January 29, 1738. He worked for the royal Garde-Meuble through the intermediary Gaudreaux but delivered vernis Martin furniture through the marchand Hébert.
THOMAS JOACHIM HÉBERT
It is certain Thomas Joachim Hébert supplied this commode. On October 30, 1742, he had already supplied to Madame de Mailly for the château de Choisy a commode de vernis fond blanc peint de fleurs, plantes, oiseaux et ornemens bleus (now Musée du Louvre, OA 11292).
On June 13, 1746, Hébert supplied the First Dauphine at Versailles a Japanned table and two red-lacquered secrétaires by Martin. The following year, Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV, bought from him a secrétaire vernis de Martin façon du Japon fond rouge and in 1749 Louis XV ordered a commode de vernis de la chine fond noir for the Trianon.