Empire Chair, Stamped Jb Demay Mahogany Consulate

Prestigious mahogany chair and mahogany veneer Stamped Jean Baptiste DEMAY Around 1805 Empirea Period Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay (1759 - March 14, 1848) - Carpenter-cabinetmaker. Paris Maître on February 4, 1784. He practiced for thirty years in rue de Cléry. His mark is on the pretty flying chairs, decorated with the figure of Marie-Antoinette, which are in the Petit-Trianon. From the start of his career, he obtained orders for the Queen's furniture. We know many works struck with the same imprint, among others a graceful armchair that has the Museum of Decorative Arts and two chairs in the hot air balloon exhibited at the Carnavalet museum. After the Revolution, the master used a new stamp which printed his name and address on two lines. It is the hallmark with which he signed, under the Consulate, a series of original chairs, in walnut inlaid with ebony. His workshop disappeared towards the end of the Empire, undoubtedly ruined by the crisis which then raged over all French industry. Museums: From the start of his career, he obtained orders for the Queen's furniture. We know many works struck with the same imprint, among others a graceful armchair that has the Museum of Decorative Arts and two chairs in the hot air balloon exhibited at the Carnavalet museum. After the Revolution, the master used a new stamp which printed his name and address on two lines. It is the hallmark with which he signed, under the Consulate, a series of original chairs, in walnut inlaid with ebony. His workshop disappeared towards the end of the Empire, undoubtedly ruined by the crisis that seated Louis XVI armchair to the queen - Museum of Decorative Arts - Paris Two Louis XVI chairs with openwork backrest in a hot air balloon - Carnavalet Museum - Paris Four Louis XVI chairs with openwork backrest - Château de Versaille Sofa, two cabriolet armchairs and two shepherdesses to Queen Louis XVI. Metropolitan Museum - New York