Jean-Henri Riesener (German: Johann Heinrich Riesener; 4 July 1734 – 6 January 1806) was a famous German ébéniste (cabinetmaker), working in Paris, whose...
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son of German-born cabinet-maker Jean-Henri Riesener (1743–1806) and the father of the Romantic painter Léon Riesener (1808–1878). First studying under...
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maker Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906), French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806), French royal ébéniste Jean-Henri Voulland...
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mother and whose second husband Jean-Henri Riesener was Riesener's grandfather. Delacroix quickly recognised Riesener's talent and originality and he supported...
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unfinished at his death; it was finished and delivered in 1769, signed by Jean Henri Riesener, but it was Oeben who devised its intricate mechanisms. The known...
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The finest craftsmen of the time, including Jean-Henri Riesener, Georges Jacob, Martin Carlin, and Jean-François Leleu, were engaged to design and make...
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Her bedroom was provided with furniture from Georges Jacob and Jean Henri Riesener. Jacob designed a set of furniture for the room known as the Mobilier...
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Antoinette by Jean-Henri Riesener, (1780–1785) Corner commode by Jean-Henri Riesener (1785) Table for Marie-Antoinette by Jean-Henri Riesener (1785) Rolltop...
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rolltop desk around 1760, however his Bureau du Roi (completed by Jean Henri Riesener after Oeben's death) was a cylinder desk. The US Patent Office issued a...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Bureau du Roi (Rococo); by Jean-François Oeben and Jean Henri Riesener; 1760–1769; bronze, marquetry of a variety of fine woods...
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have been created by the carpenter Georges Jacob and the ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener. The Boudoir, (4.6 x 5.2 metres) is the smallest structure, and it...
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Moroni and other well known artists, and cabinet makers, including Jean Henri Riesener and Chippendale. Also represented were the finest German and Russian...
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Drawers designed by Jean-Henri Riesener, official cabinetmaker of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette The Duchess of Parma and Her Daughter by Jean-Marc Nattier The...
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(grandfather) Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Henri-François Riesener Jean-Henri Riesener Théodore Géricault Richard Parkes Bonington Paul Huet Ary Scheffer...
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Jean Henri Riesener, suggest more about her enduring legacy as a woman of taste and patronage. For instance, a writing table attributed to Riesener,...
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Rams (born 1932) Karim Rashid (born 1960) Lilly Reich (1885–1947) Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806) Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) Jens Risom (1916–2016) T...
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eighteenth century who was trained alongside his rival Jean-Henri Riesener, in the workshop of Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763). After his master's death, he...
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gilt-bronze; height: 34.5 cm; Rijksmuseum Louis XVI corner cabinet; by Jean Henri Riesener; 1780–1790; oak, mahogany, marble, and gilt-bronze mounts; 94.3 ×...
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of Cards), 1735 Writing table made for Marie-Antoinette by Jean-Henri Riesener, 1780–1785 3 out of only 10 original surviving examples of the Sèvres pot-pourri...
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German-born cabinet-makers passed through the French courts. Jean-François Oeben, Jean-Henri Riesener and David Roentgen had successively introduced the courts...
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porcelains, as well as a collection of Vernee Martin vases and a Jean-Henri Riesener writing desk given to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, by Marie-Antoinette...
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Jean-Henri Riesener (1770–80), Art Institute of Chicago Armchair by Georges Jacob (1781), Palace of Versailles Drop-front desk by Jean-Henri Riesener...
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France, by Victor Louis, 1777-1780 Parisian corner cabinet; by Jean Henri Riesener; 1780–1790; oak, mahogany, marble, and ormolu mounts; 94.3 × 81.3...
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type of upright desk "Mechanical table (Table mécanique), 1778, Jean Henri Riesener, French". Metropolitan Museum of Art (US). Plimpton, George (Spring...
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18th-century drop-down desk in the Cabinet Doré by Jean-Henri Riesener (1771) Detail of the Riesener drop-down desk, with bronze ornaments (1771) Entrance...
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wax. The full-scale desk was finished in 1769 by his successor, Jean Henri Riesener, who had married Oeben's widow. Made for the new Cabinet du Roi at...
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Bonheur du jour, now in the Palace of Versailles, attributed to Jean Henri Riesener...
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furniture veneered with marquetry are the pieces delivered by Jean Henri Riesener in the 1770s and 1780s. The Bureau du Roi was the most famous amongst these...
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de Cuvilliés, 1751–1753 Louis XVI style altantes on a commode, by Jean-Henri Riesener, 1775, gilt brone, marble top, and various types of wood, Musée Condé...
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Museum, Los Angeles); the unusually rich and monumental commode by Jean-Henri Riesener for the king's bedroom at Versailles, 1775 (fig. 32, Musée Condé...
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