Charles Cressent

Japanese: クレサン（英語表記）Charles Cressent

1685‐1768
A representative French cabinet maker, sculptor and metalworker from the Régence to the early Louis XV style. He is one of the few cabinet makers whose name appears in an 18th-century furniture catalogue. Born as the son of a sculptor in Amiens, he learned carving techniques from his father and joinery from his grandfather, a cabinet maker. He moved to Paris around 1714 and was recommended as a member of the Academie de Saint-Luca for sculptors. He then joined the workshop of Joseph Poitou, cabinet maker to Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who was a rival of AC Boulle. After his death in 1719, he married his widow, inherited the workshop and became cabinet maker to the Duke of Orléans.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1685‐1768
フランスのレジャンス様式からルイ15世様式初期にかけての代表的な家具師，彫刻･金工家。18世紀の家具カタログに名が載っている数少ない家具師の一人。アミアンの彫刻家の息子として生まれ，父から彫刻技法を，家具師の祖父から指物師法を学ぶ。1714年ころパリに出てサン･ルカ･アカデミーの彫刻家の会員に推挙され，その後A.C.ブールのライバルで，オルレアン公フィリップの家具師ジョゼフ･ポアトゥーの工房に入り，19年彼の死後未亡人と結婚，工房を継承しオルレアン公の家具師となった。

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