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Lot Essay
Nicolas Lannuier, maître in 1783.
Nicolas-Louis-Cyrille Lannuier started his career at a young age with the cabinet-maker Jean-Baptiste Cochois, whose workshop was near that of the celebrated ébéniste Roger Vandercruse (known as Lacroix), who worked almost exclusively for marchands-merciers such as Simon-Philippe Poirier.
After achieving his maîtrise, he rapidly developed his business as a marchand as well as an ébéniste. Based on the rue Saint-Thomas du Louvre, his workshop was evidently an important one, as an inventory valued the stock at 18,638 livres and his assets at 28,566 livres, a considerable amount for the period.
He specialized in meubles de luxe such as mechanical tables, cylinder bureaux, commodes and consoles desserte, all richly mounted with gilt-bronzes. His work falls broadly into two categories: a small number of pieces ornamented with highly refined marquetry of flowers, fruit and trophies, and a larger group of pieces characterized by a sober use of mahogany of high quality.
Nicolas-Louis-Cyrille Lannuier started his career at a young age with the cabinet-maker Jean-Baptiste Cochois, whose workshop was near that of the celebrated ébéniste Roger Vandercruse (known as Lacroix), who worked almost exclusively for marchands-merciers such as Simon-Philippe Poirier.
After achieving his maîtrise, he rapidly developed his business as a marchand as well as an ébéniste. Based on the rue Saint-Thomas du Louvre, his workshop was evidently an important one, as an inventory valued the stock at 18,638 livres and his assets at 28,566 livres, a considerable amount for the period.
He specialized in meubles de luxe such as mechanical tables, cylinder bureaux, commodes and consoles desserte, all richly mounted with gilt-bronzes. His work falls broadly into two categories: a small number of pieces ornamented with highly refined marquetry of flowers, fruit and trophies, and a larger group of pieces characterized by a sober use of mahogany of high quality.