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The ébéniste Hippolyte-Edmé Pretot (1812-1855) is recorded at 16, rue de l'Abbaye in 1836 and 11bis, rue Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1841. From 1846 he was located at 3 and 5 rue du Harlay. He exhibited in Paris at the 1849 Exposition Nationale and then in 1852 at the London exhibition where he was awarded a medal.