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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Galet, maître in 1754.
Galet established his workshop in the rue Sainte-Marguerite, later moving to the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine where he remained until he closed his business in 1780. His oeuvre comprised Louis XV, Transitional and Louis XVI pieces, decorated with floral and geometric marquetry, and also in imitation of Oriental lacquer. Though lesser known than his more illustrious neighbours in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, including Denis Genty, Léonard Boudin and Louis Noél Malle, there are close parallels in their work, and it is probably no mere coincidence that Galet and Genty received their masterships on the same date.
Galet established his workshop in the rue Sainte-Marguerite, later moving to the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine where he remained until he closed his business in 1780. His oeuvre comprised Louis XV, Transitional and Louis XVI pieces, decorated with floral and geometric marquetry, and also in imitation of Oriental lacquer. Though lesser known than his more illustrious neighbours in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, including Denis Genty, Léonard Boudin and Louis Noél Malle, there are close parallels in their work, and it is probably no mere coincidence that Galet and Genty received their masterships on the same date.