Martin Carlin

Martin Carlin (* 1730 in Freiburg im Breisgau in the former western Austria, † 1785 ) was a French Ebenist German origin, was approved in 1766 as a maître. His arisen during the period of the Rococo work is attributed to the transition style, so-called, which forms the transition from the style of Louis XV to the style of Louis XVI.

The son of a carpenter Trouper Carlin moved to Paris to become cabinetmakers. There he joined the workshop of Jean -François Oeben and married in 1759, his sister Marie -Catherine Oeben.

For the marchands - Mercier Poirier and Daguerre, he specialized in the manufacture of high quality furniture pieces that those expelled for him. Although the choice of the royal favorite, Madame du Barry (1743-1793) fell on the chests of Carlin, for which the highest prices of that time has been made, it fell for the artisans, who lived in modest circumstances throughout his life, and for his collaborator, Jean -Jacques Pafrat only a small profit from.

Work

Carlin's work is inextricably linked to the sophistication of the Parisian luxury goods and the extravagance of the time. His veneered furniture are often embellished with incrustations of painted porcelain panels or medallions from the royal Manufacture de Sèvres or of stone mosaics, some with lacquer panels.

For a " Carlin et Weisweiler " canceled, provided with a originating from a Florentine Cabinet stone mosaic plate dresser who formerly was owned by the Rothschild family and the Saudi multi-billionaire Akram Ojjeh (1918-1991), was in 1999 in an auction in Monaco 7.01 million euros offered.