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Jean Caumont (b. 1739), maître in 1774.
Jean Caumont was based in the rue Traversiére. His documented oeuvre is considerable and eclectic, mainly executed in the Transition and full-blown Louis XVI style, and embellished with marquetry scenes of musical trophies and flower-vases or with carefully chosen mahogany veneers with contrasting ormolu mounts. The comte de Salverte describes this èbèniste extensively and mentions a Louis XVI giltwood console table stamped by Caumont in the Mobilier National and a secretaire é abattant in the collection of Mme Demachy at the château d'Ognon. (Comte de Salverte, Les Ébènistes du XVIIIe siécle, Paris, 1953, p. 52.)
Caumont played an active role in the revolution and was elected juge de paix. He handed the leadership of his atelier over to his son in 1795 and was thereafter mainly engaged in politics. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siécle, Paris, 1989, p. 169).
Jean Caumont was based in the rue Traversiére. His documented oeuvre is considerable and eclectic, mainly executed in the Transition and full-blown Louis XVI style, and embellished with marquetry scenes of musical trophies and flower-vases or with carefully chosen mahogany veneers with contrasting ormolu mounts. The comte de Salverte describes this èbèniste extensively and mentions a Louis XVI giltwood console table stamped by Caumont in the Mobilier National and a secretaire é abattant in the collection of Mme Demachy at the château d'Ognon. (Comte de Salverte, Les Ébènistes du XVIIIe siécle, Paris, 1953, p. 52.)
Caumont played an active role in the revolution and was elected juge de paix. He handed the leadership of his atelier over to his son in 1795 and was thereafter mainly engaged in politics. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siécle, Paris, 1989, p. 169).