&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
PAIR OF APPLICANTS
TO VESTALS
with two arms of light. The bronze shaft
patinated in the shape of an obelisk receives a decoration
applied with birds drinking on
a fountain accosted by two dolphins.
The frame is formed by two vestals
supporting two horns of plenty decorated
with a frieze of palmettes.
Empire period
H: 40.4| L: 19| D: 12 cm
Pierre-Benoît Marcion (1769-1840)
Pierre-Benoît Marcion was born in Paris in 1769 from a merchant father-fripier. In 1798, the advertisement he circulated for the transfer of his workshop-shop "Aux égyptiens"
(41, rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs) mentioned an important choice of mahogany furniture decorated with gilded bronzes. His first official order was very important, since in 1801 he delivered 82 mahogany chairs decorated with inlays to the Conservative Senate. From 1805 onwards Marcion regularly supplied the Imperial Furniture Store and thus became one of the leading cabinetmakers working for Napoleon, second only to Jacob-Desmalter. He thus received orders for the Petit Trianon, the Tuileries Palace, the Palace of Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau and Laeken. In addition to chairs, Marcion also produced chests of drawers, secretaries, libraries, consoles, desks, washbasins for the Emperor...
These orders were to become very significant from 1808 onwards, mainly for the palaces of Trianon, Compiègne and Fontainebleau, and in 1813 for Monte Cavallo in Rome.
With the economic crisis, business became difficult and only small orders were received - for Rambouillet and Compiègne, in particular. During the evaluation of his stock in 1816, the auditor of the Garde-meuble wrote that his furniture "combines the perfect quality of the materials with the finish of the workmanship and the regularity of the proportions... Mr. Marcion is one of the cabinetmakers in Paris who has furniture made with the most perfection. ». It is also worth adding the
TO VESTALS
with two arms of light. The bronze shaft
patinated in the shape of an obelisk receives a decoration
applied with birds drinking on
a fountain accosted by two dolphins.
The frame is formed by two vestals
supporting two horns of plenty decorated
with a frieze of palmettes.
Empire period
H: 40.4| L: 19| D: 12 cm
Pierre-Benoît Marcion (1769-1840)
Pierre-Benoît Marcion was born in Paris in 1769 from a merchant father-fripier. In 1798, the advertisement he circulated for the transfer of his workshop-shop "Aux égyptiens"
(41, rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs) mentioned an important choice of mahogany furniture decorated with gilded bronzes. His first official order was very important, since in 1801 he delivered 82 mahogany chairs decorated with inlays to the Conservative Senate. From 1805 onwards Marcion regularly supplied the Imperial Furniture Store and thus became one of the leading cabinetmakers working for Napoleon, second only to Jacob-Desmalter. He thus received orders for the Petit Trianon, the Tuileries Palace, the Palace of Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau and Laeken. In addition to chairs, Marcion also produced chests of drawers, secretaries, libraries, consoles, desks, washbasins for the Emperor...
These orders were to become very significant from 1808 onwards, mainly for the palaces of Trianon, Compiègne and Fontainebleau, and in 1813 for Monte Cavallo in Rome.
With the economic crisis, business became difficult and only small orders were received - for Rambouillet and Compiègne, in particular. During the evaluation of his stock in 1816, the auditor of the Garde-meuble wrote that his furniture "combines the perfect quality of the materials with the finish of the workmanship and the regularity of the proportions... Mr. Marcion is one of the cabinetmakers in Paris who has furniture made with the most perfection. ». It is also worth adding the