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Pierre-Victor Ledure
Pierre-Victor Ledure, (1783–1840?) was a French ''marchand-fabricant (merchant-manufacturer)'' of bronzes, specialising in ormolu clock cases. He often worked together with the clockmaker Claude Hémon (1770–1820), who supplied the clockworks (Claude Hémon became a ''Maître Horloger (Master Clockmacker)'' in 1770 and had a workshop in the Rue Saint Martin in Paris between 1812 and 1820). Ledure's workshop is listed in Paris between 1813 and 1840, first in the Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, then in the Rue Vivienne and finally in the Rue d'Angoulême.Christie’s: ''A Charles X bronze and ormolu striking mantel clock,'' Auction 1542 – The European Connoisseur, 4 June 20214, London, lot 650, lot essayRichard Redding Antiques, Switzerland: ''An Empire figural clock,'' by Claude Hémon, the clock case by Pierre-Victor Ledure. Gilt and patinated bronze and rouge griotte marble, circa 1815/20. Essay for the clock with detailed information to both: Pierre-Victor Ledure and Claude Hà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Style
The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 during the Consulate and the First French Empire periods, although its life span lasted until the late-1820s. From France it spread into much of Europe and the United States. The Empire style originated in and takes its name from the rule of the Emperor Napoleon I in the First French Empire, when it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and the French state. The previous fashionable style in France had been the Directoire style, a more austere and minimalist form of Neoclassicism that replaced the Louis XVI style, and the new Empire style brought a full return to ostentatious richness. The style corresponds somewhat to the '' Biedermeier style'' in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States, and the Regency st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |