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ANTIQUITÉS FOUQUET
Membre du Syndicat National des Antiquaires
MARTIN CARLIN
SMALL TABLE
Height : 28.35 in
Depth : 14.57 in
Breadth : 14.57 in
Louis XVI period, circa 1770
MARTIN CARLIN near 1730 -1785 ; master 30july 1766 ; attributed
Very fine rose wood and rose wood veneered workbox, standing on three tapered legs, decorated with boxwood
filets, with four flaps opening on two levels. Beautiful gilt bronze mounts . Inside of the boxes lined with green silk.
Artist Biography :
Martin Carlin was probably born around 1730 in Fribourg-en-Brisgau.
On 26 February 1759, he married Jean-François Oeben's sister. The contract reveals that Carlin was still a dayworker living on the quai des Célestins.
As early as 1763, the couple were living in the Grand-Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine at the sign of "la Colombe"
where Carlin is cited in the inventory taken after Oeben's death. He was working at the time as an independent
craftsman. He soon began supplying furniture to the marchands-merciers such as Darnault, Daguerre and SimonPhilippe Poirier.
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ANTIQUITÉS FOUQUET
Membre du Syndicat National des Antiquaires
On 30 July 1766, Carlin became a Master Ebéniste.
Over the next twelve years, he made porcelain-mounted furniture for Poirier and after 1778, he produced sumptuous
pieces in Japanese lacquer.
Carlin's output consisted mainly of luxury furniture ; besides the eighty porcelain-mounted pieces of furniture, there
were also pieces in Japanese lacquer and pieces in mahogany or marquetry. Among the veneers, tulipwood was
the most highly favoured and was sometimes used in sunburst motifs with a refinement particular to Carlin. The
design of the marquetry does not make use of flowers but rather of abstract arabesques or geometric motifs.
157, rue du Faubourg -Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris
Tel : (33) 1 42 89 62 82 - Fax : (33) 1 42 89 62 66 - Portable : (33) 6 14 46 17 27
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