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Jean-Henri Riesener, maître in 1768.
Adam Weisweiler, maître in 1778.
THE COMTE DE PROVENCE'S SECRETAIRE?
This magnificent secrétaire is probably that listed in the Revolutionary administration's inventory of meubles précieux in the Palais du Luxembourg. Described in some detail - but without any porcelain plaque (which was added to this sécretire anyway circa 1830) - the first inventory records:
'10 Un secrétaire en armoire à encoignures à tablettes aux deux s avec tiroirs montés sur pivots au-dessus et au-dessous, deux autres tiroirs à la face, l'un au-dessus et l'autre au-dessous de l'abattant, une tablette d'entrejambe à celle du dessus dudit secrétaire en marbre blanc veiné, le dit meuble en bois d'acajou massif orné de sabots et chapiteaux et autres ornements dorés'.
From the Petit Luxembourg (the Prince's private apartments), the secrétaire was first sent to the Garde-Meuble, and then arrived in 1794 at the Commission de Commerce, where it was more precisely described:
When translated into centimetres, the dimensions show the piece to be 141cm. high, 124cm. wide and 41cm. deep, the exact measurements of this secrétaire.
A second secrétaire of the same model, but with small differences in the bronze decoration and less richly mounted, was sold from the Collection of M. et Mme. Robert Kahn Sriber at Christie's Monaco, 1 July 1995, lot 58. Also stamped by Weisweiler and Riesener, the Kahn Sriber secrétaire was less wide, measuring only 112cm., compared with that which belonged to the comte de Provence, which measured 124cm.
As with all furniture belonging to the comte de Provence, the secrétaire does not have any brands. After having been sent to the Commission du Commerce, it was given to the suppliers of the Republic as payment in 1796-1797.
THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN RIESENER AND WEISWEILER
It is recorded in 18th Century archives that Riesener, as ébéniste du roi was accustomed to having furniture made by fellow ébénistes from the faubourg Saint-Antoine. This was part of the reason why he was eventually evicted from the garde-meuble.
From a note from an inspector at the garde meuble:
'J'observe...que Riesener achète ses ébénisteries dans le faubourg Saint-Antoine et que faites à l'atelier de Bennman, elles seront plus solides et conséquemment dans le cas d'être remouvelées moins souvent'.
Ousted from the garde-meuble de la Couronne, Riesener found new career options through the intervention of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre. Did he work directly for Weisweiler? This is a logical hypothesis as after the death of Carlin in 1785, Weisweilers' atelier must have been overflowing with orders. The bronzier François Rémond seems to have been the common denominator between these three parties because he supplied bronzes to Riesener, Daguerre and to Weisweiler. The collaboration of these two ébénistes is found on several pieces of furniture that bare this double stamp. These include two mahogany commodes with three rows of drawers in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, Collection Bouvier, illustrated in Anne Foray-Carlier, Le Mobilier du Musée Carnavalet éditions Faton, Dijon, 2000, pp.178-81, no.66 and 67, aswell as on a mahogany table from a private collection, Paris, reproduced in Patricia Lemonnier, ibid, p.98.
RIESENER AND THE COMTE DE PROVENCE
Like his brother Louis XVI, the comte de Provence tied himself to the services of Jean-Henri Riesener. If after 1784 the King went to Beneman, Monsieur continued to use his ébéniste. It is in this way that in 1788 the Prince owed the ébéniste 12 000 livres, an enormous sum that could correspond to the payment for his wife's serre-bijoux, now in the Royal Collection, England. In 1789, Riesener presented a bill for 6153 livres. In spite of the Revolution, between 1789 and 1791 Riesener delivered to the Prince for the Palais du Luxembourg eight pieces of furniture for 2495 livres.
Adam Weisweiler, maître in 1778.
THE COMTE DE PROVENCE'S SECRETAIRE?
This magnificent secrétaire is probably that listed in the Revolutionary administration's inventory of meubles précieux in the Palais du Luxembourg. Described in some detail - but without any porcelain plaque (which was added to this sécretire anyway circa 1830) - the first inventory records:
'10 Un secrétaire en armoire à encoignures à tablettes aux deux s avec tiroirs montés sur pivots au-dessus et au-dessous, deux autres tiroirs à la face, l'un au-dessus et l'autre au-dessous de l'abattant, une tablette d'entrejambe à celle du dessus dudit secrétaire en marbre blanc veiné, le dit meuble en bois d'acajou massif orné de sabots et chapiteaux et autres ornements dorés'.
From the Petit Luxembourg (the Prince's private apartments), the secrétaire was first sent to the Garde-Meuble, and then arrived in 1794 at the Commission de Commerce, where it was more precisely described:
When translated into centimetres, the dimensions show the piece to be 141cm. high, 124cm. wide and 41cm. deep, the exact measurements of this secrétaire.
A second secrétaire of the same model, but with small differences in the bronze decoration and less richly mounted, was sold from the Collection of M. et Mme. Robert Kahn Sriber at Christie's Monaco, 1 July 1995, lot 58. Also stamped by Weisweiler and Riesener, the Kahn Sriber secrétaire was less wide, measuring only 112cm., compared with that which belonged to the comte de Provence, which measured 124cm.
As with all furniture belonging to the comte de Provence, the secrétaire does not have any brands. After having been sent to the Commission du Commerce, it was given to the suppliers of the Republic as payment in 1796-1797.
THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN RIESENER AND WEISWEILER
It is recorded in 18th Century archives that Riesener, as ébéniste du roi was accustomed to having furniture made by fellow ébénistes from the faubourg Saint-Antoine. This was part of the reason why he was eventually evicted from the garde-meuble.
From a note from an inspector at the garde meuble:
'J'observe...que Riesener achète ses ébénisteries dans le faubourg Saint-Antoine et que faites à l'atelier de Bennman, elles seront plus solides et conséquemment dans le cas d'être remouvelées moins souvent'.
Ousted from the garde-meuble de la Couronne, Riesener found new career options through the intervention of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre. Did he work directly for Weisweiler? This is a logical hypothesis as after the death of Carlin in 1785, Weisweilers' atelier must have been overflowing with orders. The bronzier François Rémond seems to have been the common denominator between these three parties because he supplied bronzes to Riesener, Daguerre and to Weisweiler. The collaboration of these two ébénistes is found on several pieces of furniture that bare this double stamp. These include two mahogany commodes with three rows of drawers in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, Collection Bouvier, illustrated in Anne Foray-Carlier, Le Mobilier du Musée Carnavalet éditions Faton, Dijon, 2000, pp.178-81, no.66 and 67, aswell as on a mahogany table from a private collection, Paris, reproduced in Patricia Lemonnier, ibid, p.98.
RIESENER AND THE COMTE DE PROVENCE
Like his brother Louis XVI, the comte de Provence tied himself to the services of Jean-Henri Riesener. If after 1784 the King went to Beneman, Monsieur continued to use his ébéniste. It is in this way that in 1788 the Prince owed the ébéniste 12 000 livres, an enormous sum that could correspond to the payment for his wife's serre-bijoux, now in the Royal Collection, England. In 1789, Riesener presented a bill for 6153 livres. In spite of the Revolution, between 1789 and 1791 Riesener delivered to the Prince for the Palais du Luxembourg eight pieces of furniture for 2495 livres.