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Jean-Henri Riesener

Furniture by one of the greatest cabinet-makers of the eighteenth century

    Riesener in the Royal Collection

    The sale of royal and aristocratic property during the French Revolution made it newly possible for English collectors to acquire pieces by the best eighteenth-century French cabinet-makers. George IV was the first of the celebrated collectors of Riesener furniture. It is unclear whether he acquired the pieces for their historical associations with the Court of Louis XVI, or for the magnificence of their gilt-bronze mounts and marquetry. 

    Photograph of some of the furniture in the Queen's Presence Chamber, Windsor Castle: large jewel cabinet by Riesener (RCIN 31207) with canopy above, a large chinese porcelain jar on floor and candle stand (RCIN 33389) with figurative c
    Presence Chamber, anno 1880. Specimens of present Furniture
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