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Born c.1715 • Germany
Died January 21, 1763 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Louis XV style

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Oeben, Jean-François: commode
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Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
Charles Cressent
French cabinetmaker
Jewel casket on a stand, veneered with mahogany, sycamore, and purplewood, by Jean-Henri Riesener, c. 1780; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jean-Henri Riesener
German cabinetmaker
Gerrit Jensen
British artist
Majorelle, Louis
Louis Majorelle
French cabinetmaker
Georges Jacob
French furniture maker
Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker
John Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Christopher Townsend
American cabinetmaker
Job Townsend
American cabinetmaker
John Rowe Townsend
British author
Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase
Thomas Chippendale
British cabinetmaker
David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Design for a library table by Thomas Sheraton, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia (1805)
Thomas Sheraton
English furniture designer
Thonet, Michael: bentwood chair
Michael Thonet
Austrian furniture maker
Design for a sofa by George Hepplewhite, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788).
George Hepplewhite
British cabinetmaker
Phyfe, Duncan: card table
Duncan Phyfe
American furniture designer
Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
Gustav Stickley
American designer
John Cobb
English cabinetmaker