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Charles Baudouine
Charles Baudouine (June 1, 1808 – January 13, 1895〔"Died," ''The New York Times'', January 16, 1895. http://article.archive.nytimes.com/1895/01/16/102443839.pdf〕) was an American cabinetmaker and interior decorator, and was the patriarch of a major family in New York society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
==Life and Work==
Born in New York of Huguenot ancestry, Baudouine was first listed as a cabinetmaker in the New York City Directory of 1829-30, working at 508 Pearl Street. He is considered one of the most talented cabinetmakers to have worked in New York in the post-Duncan Phyfe era. Indeed, Ernest Hagen, himself a well-known cabinetmaker (who had at one time worked for Baudouine), called him "the leading cabinetmaker of New York."〔 Much of Baudouine's work was executed in the Rococo Revival style, based on simplified Louis XV designs.〔''The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art'', 2002, http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-a-baudouine-1〕
Around 1840, Baudouine was hired by Cyrus West Field, a paper-industry magnate and father of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, to furnish his home in New York's Gramercy Park neighborhood.〔''American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable'', "Timeline," http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/cable/timeline/index.html〕 This marked the first time in the city's history that a professional designer was hired to decorate a private residence.〔
In ''A Stranger’s Guide in the City of New-York'', published in 1852, visitors were recommended to see Baudouine’s shop at 335 Broadway, which the book described as "one of the greatest attractions in the City." A furniture label used by Baudouine at the time declared that his establishment "keeps constantly on hand the Largest Assortment of Elegant Furniture to be found in the United States." He employed a work force of about 200, including 70 cabinetmakers.〔 German designer Anthony Kimbel worked in Baudouine's shop, which closed about 1856.〔
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