Molitor: Ebeniste from the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon Restoration

Bernard Molitor is the only one of the great Parisian 'ebenistes' whose activity bridges the 'ancien regime' and the Bourbon Restoration, his career spanning a continuous period from 1785 to 1820. His work is a unique reflection of the numerous political and social changes of those years, including many an echo of the 'ancien regime' alongside a new sobriety during the Revolution and Republic, and in the end boldly looking forward to nineteenth century ecelecticism and to twentieth century Modernism.

This first monograph and catalogue restores a key figure in the history of French furniture from previous oblivion. A detailed study of the life and work of Bernard Molitor (1755-1833), with a complete catalogue of the furniture.