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Pierre Roussel (1723 - 7 June 1782) was a successful but somewhat pedestrian〔See André Boutemy's assessment at the article on Adrien Delorme.〕 cabinetmaker (''ébéniste'') of Paris. He was joined in his extensive business by his two sons, Pierre-Michel (master in 1766) and Pierre le jeune (master in 1771).〔Francis J.B. Watson, ''The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, Gilt Bronzes and Mounted Porcelain'', 1966:557f (brief biographical notice).〕 Roussel's stamp, with its fleur-de-lis between the P and ROUSSEL, is often seen,〔Illustrated in James Parker, ''et al.'', ''Decorative Art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art'', 1964:86 fig. 69, on a tall rectangular drop-front secretary desk, ca 1775-80, with panels of architectural marquetry derived from engravings and gilt-bronze moldings and mounts of generally current design.〕 but such quantities of goods made by others, both new and old, passed through the shop, and so much cabinetwork from Roussel's workshop was sold and stamped by other ''marchands-ébénistes'',〔For example, Roussel worked for Pierre II Migeon (Watson 1966:557).〕 that it is not easy to recognize any consistent sequence of characteristic styles, characteristic constructions,〔Geoffrey de Bellaigue discusses a fitted drawer that does not function in the piece it has been incorporated into, a mechanical table stamped by Roussel at Waddesdon Manor (Bellaigue, ''The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: II. Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronze'', 1974:492-97, cat. no. 101).〕 gilt-bronze mounts unique to his shop or marquetry. Consequently Roussel is often credited with a wide-ranging stylistic approach.〔E.g. by Watson 1966:557.〕 The elder Roussel's father was a simple ''compagnon'', a journeyman cabinetmaker working for a master ''ébéniste''. Four of Roussel's brothers were ''menuisiers'', working on carved seat furniture and room paneling.〔Watson 1966:557.〕 He married Marie-Antoinette Fontaine in 1743 and was received as a master cabinetmaker in the Paris guild, 21 August 1745.〔Parker 1964:86.〕 From modest beginnings, by the 1760s Roussel worked himself to the top of his profession: he was appointed a ''juré'' in 1762 and by 1780 and had held other offices in the Corporation des Menuisiers-Ébénistes.〔Listed in Bellaigue 1974:880.〕 Among his grand later patrons was the Prince de Condé, who made considerable purchases for the Palais Bourbon and the Château de Chantilly between 1775 and 1780.〔Watson 1966:557.〕 At the time of his death, the inventory was compiled by a noted ''ébéniste'', Jean-François Leleu and Jean-Baptiste Cochois. There were at least three workshops, a store-room (''magasin'') and a retail shop (''boutique''). A number of pieces were lacquered, and six lacquer panels and marquetry was mentioned, geometric, floral and landscape. There were also marble tops, and a stock of veneers.〔Bellaigue 1974:880.〕 Roussel was able to give his four daughters dowries and marry them successfully into the solid bourgeoisie. Roussel's son Pierre-Michel established himself as a furniture dealer in fashionable rue St-Honoré. Pierre II Roussel, "le jeune" inherited the family shop from his mother, who had continued to run it after her husband's death, using the same stamp,〔Comte François de Salverte, ''Les ébénistes du xviiie siècle'', 1927, ''s.v.'' "Roussel, Pierre".〕 but in 1792 he closed it, to deal exclusively in exotic timbers and veneers.〔Watson 1966.557.〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre Roussel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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