Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette (Hardback) Magnet Card 1582/3-1666

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Spanning her tragically brief yet passionate life― from the young queen playing a shepherdess on stage

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in an animated pose while wearing dark eagle wings and holding two arrows

Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette (Hardback) Magnet Card 1582/3-166610% discount for Members Join now Jean Henri Riesener (1734 1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll top desk to Louis XV in 1769 and went on to become Marie Antoinette's favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality. Renowned for his exquisite