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24.11.2021 10:00 UTC +01:002021-11-24T10:00:00+01:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
Paris,
France
Lot 550 BUREAU PLAT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV
Bernard Molitor (1755 - 1833) 
Bernard Molitor
22.10.1755 - 17.11.1833
Luxembourg, France
Bernard Molitor was a Luxembourgish cabinet-maker.
Molitor's furniture was often veneered with precious woods and decorated with applications of gilded bronze. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered several pieces of furniture for his residence in Saint-Cloud from him. In 1811, Molitor became fournisseur de la Cour impériale (purveyor to the imperial court).
Lot 571 BUREAU A CYLINDRE D'EPOQUE TRANSITION
Jean-François Oeben (1721 - 1763) 
Jean-François Oeben
09.10.1721 - 21.01.1763
Germany, France
Jean-François Oeben, or Johann Franz Oeben, was a German ébéniste (cabinetmaker) whose career was spent in Paris. He was the maternal grandfather of the painter Eugène Delacroix.
