Artist & designer

Jean-Henri Riesener

French (of German origin) · 1734–1806 · 1 work available

Key facts

Nationality: French (of German origin)
Born: 1734
Died: 1806
Movement: Louis XVI style
Period: 18th century
Techniques: cabinetmaking, marquetry, gilt bronze
Also spelled: Riesener

Biography

Born in 1734 in Gladbeck, Jean-Henri Riesener settled in Paris around 1754 in the workshop of Jean-François Oeben, whose widow he married after Oeben's death. Received as master cabinetmaker in 1768, he completed in 1769 the celebrated bureau du roi begun by Oeben, and became ébéniste ordinaire du roi in 1774, supplying notably Marie-Antoinette. He died in Paris in 1806.

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Jean-Henri Riesener