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Jean Henri Riesener: Desk of Marie-Antoinette
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Artist
Jean Henri Riesener
(1734–1806)
Alternative names
Jean-Henri Riesener
Description
French cabinetmaker, master craftsman and brazier Royal ébéniste
Date of birth/death
4 July 1734
6 January 1806
Location of birth/death
Gladbeck (Germany)
Paris
Work location
Paris
Authority file
: Q69566
VIAF: 64802918
ISNI: 0000000066301528
ULAN: 500024826
LCCN: n00001148
WGA: r/riesener/jean
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q69566
Title
Desk of Marie-Antoinette
Date
1783
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Amaranth and tinted sycamore veeners, gilt bronze ornaments.
Dimensions
111 × 63 × 76 cm (43.7 × 24.8 × 29.9 in)
Collection
Palace of Versailles
Native name
Château de Versailles
Parent institution
Palace and Park of Versailles
Location
Château de Versailles Place d’Armes 78000 Versailles, [[:Category:Yvelines|LangSwitch Error: no default]] France
Coordinates
48° 48′ 17.3″ N, 2° 07′ 13.2″ E
Established
from 1624 until 1790
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1624-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: built 1837: opened to public
Website
en.chateauversailles.fr
Authority file
: Q2946
VIAF: 127977992
ISNI: 0000000417949458
ULAN: 500312482
LCCN: sh85022755
NAID: 10038353
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q2946
Current location
Cabinet Doré of Marie-Antoinette, Petit appartement de la Reine
Accession number
V2011.15
Object history
1783 : livraison au Garde-Meuble de la reine pour le domaine de Trianon, pour le salon de la maison de la Reine au Hameau.
1793 : achat par le citoyen Marceau lors des ventes révolutionnaires de l'an II
fin du XIXème siècle : entrée dans les collections Rothschild
1997 : rachat par la galerie Kraemer
2011 : acquisition par l'État français
Inscriptions
Marks “Garde meuble de la Reine”, with CT (Château de Trianon) beneath a royal crown. Digits 84.
Notes
Acknowledged as “work of major cultural value”, this piece of furniture has been acquired by the French state in 2011 for 6.75 million euros.
References
RMN.
Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national du Château de Versailles, Acquisition of the desk made by Riesener
derivative work: Myrabella (talk) on 2011-06-13 10:12 (UTC)
Camera location
48° 48′ 15.98″ N, 2° 07′ 14.02″ E
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48.804440; 2.120560
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Also see : Image provided by Château de Versailles
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