A student of the prestigious Jean-François Oeben, he earned his master’s certification as a cabinetmaker and joiner in 1764. Through his meticulously crafted furniture, he seems to embody the Transition period single-handedly. He became the principal supplier to the Prince of Condé. His work is characterized by both robust and lighter furniture, though never at the expense of elegance or indulgence in excessive ornamentation.

He worked with marquetry and veneers of mahogany or satinwood, sometimes adorning his pieces with Sèvres porcelain plaques, and more rarely with Chinese and Japanese lacquers. He was one of the most remarkable cabinetmakers of the era. After surviving the Revolution, he passed his workshop to his son-in-law Charles-Antoine Stadler, with whom he had been associated since 1780, and he died in 1807.

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