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oai:doaj.org/article:916ef881f60e482eb0f820f85afaca08

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10.21608/mjaf.2020.33876.1676

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The philosophy of sculptor Charles Cressent in Le Design du Mobilier

Abstract

The world of French furniture in the 18th century owes a lot to this sculptor: Charles Cressent. A unique case of French ecenistry, with dual skills, has designed a wide range of creations of great originality for various uses. It embodied the regency style in which sculpture predominates over ebenistry and where it benefited from the characteristics of the materials. Our research will focus only on the ‘commode’ that dominated its production and the world of smelting at the time. Our aim is to carry out an analytical study of the ‘Cressent commodes’. The methodology is based first of all on a historical approach which examines Cressent’s family history and its formation as a sculptor, followed by an analytical descriptive approach to Cressent commodes to identify his characteristic features: sources of inspiration, shape, ornamentation and construction of the furniture. This research allows us to classify, describe and analyse the Cressent commode series and their evolution throughout the 18th century: ‘golden bronze frames’, ‘palms and flowers’, ‘cross-palms and branches of war’, ‘with cross-palms and dragons’, ‘for children musicians and children hunters of birds, nymphes’, ‘double S crams and falling flowers’ and ‘commodes in secretaries’. In conclusion, the formation of sculptor greatly influenced the design of commodes by the predominance of the sculptural effect on the appearance of commodality produced by golden bronzes promoted and over the ebenistery.

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