Pair of Louis XV-period Vernis Parisien sideboards stamped Mathieu Criard circa 1750<\/b><\/p>\n
A superb pair of small, single-leaf Parisian varnish corner cupboards decorated with Far Eastern landscapes and Aleppo Breche marble tops. Antique gilt bronze decorations.<\/p>\n
Beautiful French work from the Louis XV period circa 1750, stamped by Mathieu Criaerd.<\/p>\n
Sizes: H 33.46 In. - W 24.01 In. - D 12.99 In.<\/p>\n
En tr\u00e8s bon \u00e9tat de conservation et d\u2019usage, nous signalons une ancienne transformation dans les fonds arri\u00e8res qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u00e9g\u00e8rement arrondis y compris les marbres.<\/p>\n
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Mathieu Criaerd, born 1689, died February 1, 1776, was a French joiner and cabinetmaker from a family of joiners and cabinetmakers, the son of a Brussels merchant, working in 18th-century Paris.<\/p>\n
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He was received as a master in the Corporation des Menuisiers-\u00e9b\u00e9nistes on July 29, 1738.<\/p>\n
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His workshop was located on rue Traversi\u00e8re. He used the stamp M.CRIAERD.<\/p>\n
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Thanks to the merchant Thomas Joachim H\u00e9bert (1687-1773), Mathieu Criaerd received an order for furniture decorated in Martin varnish in the French taste in 1743, for the blue bedroom of Madame de Mailly, Louis XV's favorite at the Ch\u00e2teau de Choisy.<\/p>\n
Mathieu Criaerd supplied a commode for the Dauphin's inner cabinet at the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles in 1748.<\/p>\n
Another chest of drawers by Mathieu Criaerd was delivered by Thomas-Joachim H\u00e9bert on June 22, 1748, to the Ch\u00e2teau de Compi\u00e8gne for the bedroom of Queen Marie Leszcsynska at the Carmelite Convent in Compi\u00e8gne.<\/p>\n
Mathieu Criaerd specialized in furniture veneered with Chinese or European lacquer or floral marquetry, embellished with bronzes.<\/p>\n
On several occasions, he supplied furniture to Jean Fran\u00e7ois Oeben's workshop, as evidenced by the fact that he was his creditor at the time of his death in 1763.<\/p>\n
After his wife died in 1767, Mathieu Criaerd put an end to his business and handed over his workshop to his youngest son S\u00e9bastien-Mathieu Criaerd, known as \u201cCriaerd le jeune\u201d, who expanded the commercial side of the business as a furniture broker.<\/p>\n
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Antoine Criaerd, his elder brother, cabinetmaker from 1720-1750.<\/p>\n
Antoine-Mathieu Criaerd (circa 1724-December 24, 1787), cabinetmaker received his master's degree on April 22, 1747.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bastien-Mathieu Criaerd, younger brother of the above.<\/p>\n
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Jean Vittet, Le marchand Thomas-Joachim H\u00e9bert (1687-1773) et l'\u00e9b\u00e9nisterie de son temps, in, St\u00e9phane Castelluccio, Le commerce du luxe \u00e0 Paris aux XVII\u00e8me et XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cles : \u00e9changes nationaux, p. 194, Peter Lang SA, 2009.<\/p>\n
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Mus\u00e9e du Louvre: Chest of drawers from the blue room at Ch\u00e2teau de Choisy and chest of drawers from the Grog-Carven collection.<\/p>\n
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Mus\u00e9e de Versailles: Chest of drawers and corner chests.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paire d\u2019encoignures en Vernis Parisien d\u2019\u00e9poque Louis XV, estampille de Mathieu Criard vers 1750 Une superbe paire de de petites encoignures, ouvrant par un vantail, en vernis parisien \u00e0 d\u00e9cor de paysage dans le gout de l\u2019Extr\u00eame Orient, dessus de marbre br\u00e8che d\u2019Alep. D\u00e9cors de bronze anciennement dor\u00e9. Beau travail fran\u00e7ais d\u2019\u00e9poque Louis XV vers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n