Louis XVI Library, Stamped Caumont (1736-1800) 18th Century

Louis XVI Library, Stamped J. CAUMONT (1736-1800) + JME (Jurande des Maîtres Ébénistes), From the 18th Century. It opens on the front with 2 Mesh Doors above a Solid Door, inlaid with a Large Flower Vase against a Landscape Background. The uprights with slight projection have simulated grooves. It is topped with White Marble veined with Gray. Parisian work around 1780. It measures 163 CM in height, 64 CM in length and 35 CM in depth. It is in very good used condition. Jean CAUMONT (1736-1800) Jean Caumont (1736 - September 4, 1800) - Paris. Master on December 14, 1774. Jean Caumont, obtained his master's degrees in Paris in 1774 and established his workshop and store on rue Traversiére. He actively participated in the Revolution and was elected justice of the peace at the commercial court. His works, in the Transition and Louis XVI style, present a great variety both in their manufacture and in the materials used. Although we know of his roll-top desks, bouillotte tables, pedestal tables... Caumont especially excelled in the manufacture of secretaries and chests of drawers. Their often sought-after compositions are elegant and full of finesse. In his production, we find furniture with mahogany or satin veneer, and marquetry of colored wood, decorated with landscapes, flowers, branches or musical instruments often finely inlaid with ivory or mother-of-pearl. Around 1795, Jean Caumont ceased his activities and his son Claude Emmanuel succeeded him in his workshop.