Ébéniste

Ebenist ( ébène of french ebony ') is the first documented in 1657 on a French document from the late 17th century also common in German-speaking job title for a cabinetmaker. He differed from the carpenter (French menuisier ), the simple mainly from local wood, not veneered furniture and wood paneling made ​​.

Task

In contrast to the simple carpenter or joiner of Ebenist processed normally very rare exotic woods that he leimte as veneers on a corpus of calm and less costly wood. The technique of manufacture of veneers and marquetry processing dates back to the Middle Ages. From Italy, the Netherlands and the German-speaking immigrant artisans they made in France at the court of Henry IV and Marie de Medici popular. A decree of King Louis XIV granted the privilege of the cabinetmaker 's guild one, the Corporation of Menuisiers - ébénistes. Many furniture that has been made ​​by members of the Corporation were marked with a stamp (French estampille ). Royal cabinet makers were exempt from this stamp duty.

List active cabinetmaker (selection)

France

  • Jean Adam ( active around 1657)
  • Pierre Boulle (1580-1638), a native of Switzerland
  • André -Charles Boulle (1642-1732), Ebenist and Marqueteur, ébéniste du roi ( royal Ebenist under Louis XIV )
  • Dominique Cucci or Domenico Cucci (1635-1705), ébéniste du roi ( royal Ebenist )
  • Jean Desjardins ( worked about 1636-1657 )
  • Auburtin Gaudron
  • Pierre Gole or Goolen (ca. 1620-1684 ), born in the Netherlands, du roi ébéniste
  • Jean Lemaire ( worked about 1636-1657 )
  • Jean Macé de Blois (1600-1672)
  • Alexandre -Jean Oppenordt
  • Jacques Somer († 1669)
  • Laurent Strabe
  • Pierre Bernard (1715-1765)
  • Leonard Boudin (1735-1807)
  • Jacques- Philippe Carel
  • Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785 ), Ebenist and Marqueteur
  • Abraham -Nicolas Couleru (1717-1812), Ebenist in Montbeliard
  • Mathieu -Guillaume and Matthias Cramer Wilhelm Cramer ( active from 1771 to 1794, † 1804), Ebenist German origin
  • Charles Cressent (1685-1768), Ebenist
  • Mathieu Criaerd (1689-1776)
  • Jaques Van Dautriche Oystenryck (around 1743-1778 )
  • Louis DELAITRE (around 1715-1755 )
  • Adrien Delorme ( Master 1748)
  • Jacques Dubois ( 1693 or 1694-1763 ), Ebenist
  • René Dubois ( Ebenist ) (1734 or 1737-1792 or 1799), Ebenist
  • Charles -Joseph Dufour (1740-1782)
  • Jean Dumoulin (1715-1798)
  • François -Joseph Duret
  • Jean -Pierre Dusautoy
  • Jean -Baptiste Galet
  • Pierre Garnier (1720-1800)
  • Antoine- Robert Gaudreaux (1680-1751), Ebenist
  • Antoine Gaudron († 1710)
  • Denis Genty
  • François Guillemar
  • Charles Hecquet († 1731)
  • Georges Jacob (1739-1814)
  • Gilles Joubert (around 1689-1775 )
  • Roger Van der Cruse, called Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (1723 or 1728-1799 ), Ebenist
  • Jean -Pierre Latz (around 1691-1754 )
  • Jean -François Leleu (1729-1807)
  • Etienne Levasseur (1721-198)
  • François Lieutaud
  • Pierre Macret (1727-1796)
  • Bernard Molitor (1755-1833), Ebenist, born in Luxembourg
  • Philippe -Claude Montigny (1734-1800)
  • Jean -Francois Oeben (1720-1763)
  • Maître aux Pagodes
  • Nicolas Petit (1732-1791)
  • Joseph Poitou (1682-1718)
  • Philippe Poitou (1650-1709)
  • Jean -Henri Riesener (1734-1809), Ebenist
  • Carl Erdmann Judge, Ebenist German origin
  • Bernard Van Risamburgh I (1670-1738)
  • Bernard II Van Risamburgh or Van giant Burgh (1700-1760), Ebenist
  • Pierre Roussel (1723-1782), Ebenist and Marqueteur
  • Claude -Charles Saunier (1735-1807), Ebenist
  • Jean Georges Schlichtig (1736-1782), German origin Ebenist
  • Gaspar cutter or Kaspar Schneider, Ebenist German origin
  • Joseph Stockel or stiletto (1743-1802), German origin Ebenist
  • Jean Ferdinand Schwerdfeger (1734-1818), German origin Ebenist
  • Topino ( 1725 to 1798)
  • Adam Weis Weiler (1744 or 1746-1820 ), German origin Ebenist
  • Christoph Wolff (1720-1795), German origin Ebenist
  • François -Honoré- Georges Jacob - Desmalter (1770-1841)

Germany

  • Johann Christoph Feinlein, Ebenist in Waldshut
  • Johann Indau to 1686 titulierend as Ebanista of Eleanor of Gonzaga in Vienna
  • Martin Eigler, Hofschreiner in Rastatt
  • Rudolf Gambs, Ebenist in St. Petersburg and Karlsruhe
  • William Kimbel, Ebenist and interior designer, mainly in Berlin, 20th century.

Switzerland

  • John Aebersold, in Bern active
  • Samuel Anton Frank, working in Bern
  • John Fries (1751-1821), Ebenist, active in Zurich
  • Matthew Funk, Ebenist German origin, active in Berne
  • Samuel Hammerli (I.), Ebenist in Lenzburg
  • Christoph Hopfengärtner, Ebenist German origin, active in Berne
  • John Tschudy (1672-1736), Ebenist and Engineering in Basel and Baden- Durlach
  • Samuel Hammerli ( II ), Ebenist in Lenzburg
  • Franz Carl Hossfeld, Ebenist German origin, active in Berne
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