Honore Lannuier: Cabinet Maker from Paris - The Life and Work of a French Ebeniste in Federal New York - Hardcover

Kenny, Peter; Bretter, Frances; Leben, Ulrich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810965178 ISBN 13: 9780810965171

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998

Synopsis

Charles-Honore Lannuier (1779-1819) was a leading figure in the development of a distinctive furniture style whilst in New York. Published to accompany an exhibition of his work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 1998, this is a study of Lannuier's life and work. Like Duncan Phyfe, of whom he was a contemporary, Lannuier made fashionable gilded card tables, marble-topped pier tables, bedsteads and seating furniture for the wealthy mercantile and social elite of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond and Savannah. The photographs in the book are accompanied by essays which discuss Lannuier's family and his origins in France, the years spent in New York, and his clients, in the context of connoisseurship and technical examinations of the furniture. Provenances and collection and publication history are also provided.

About this title

Synopsis:

Published in conjunction with the 1998 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The volume is profusely illustrated in color to provide overall views and details of Lannuier's finest creations especially photographed for this volume. Four essays trace what is known of his family, his origins in France, his years in New York, his clients, and c

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0810965178
• ISBN 13: 9780810965171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340