Caffieri
Caffieri , French family of artists. Philippe Caffieri, 1634-1716, left Italy to enter the service of Louis XIV at the Gobelin factory. He and a son, Jacques Caffieri, 1678-1755, were employed by the architect Le Brun to make adornments for the palace and gardens at Versailles. Philippe is recorded as having made carved wood decorations for the ambassadors' staircase in the palace. He made bronzes for the king's chamber (1738) and for the council room. His son, Philippe Caffieri II, 1714-74, worked with him, and together they produced an immense volume of metalwork, including sumptuous ormolu (imitation gold made of brass) mountings for furniture, adornments for several of the royal palaces, e.g., Fontainebleau and Choisy, and casings for clocks—notably a celebrated astronomical clock presented to Louis XV. Another son of Jacques, Jean Jacques Caffieri, 1725-92, was a sculptor especially noted for statues and portrait busts. His Père Pingré is in the Louvre.
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Gilt bronze by Caffieri in the Wallace Collection. (Caffiery family art)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...founder in France was Philippe Caffieri (1634-1716). He was born...concerned not so much with Philippe Caffieri as with his tenth child...and bronze founders. Jacques Caffieri was brought up in the...baptismal certificate. Jacques Caffieri was evidently ...
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London ormolu lighting from George II to George IV.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...most ormolu objects are brass rather than bronze. (1) Ormolu is often associated with its famous French makers, including Jacques Caffieri (1678-1755), Charles Cressent (1685-1768), and Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813); the best-known English producer was the celebrated...
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Highlights from the collection of paintings and sculpture.(Library Company of Philadelphia)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...scepter indicating Franklin's dislike of monarchies. The portrait head was based on a bust by the French sculptor Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792), and the neoclassical dress reflected the popular conceit of linking accomplished individuals like Franklin...
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Houdon. (Current and Coming).(Jean-Antoine Houdon, sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2003; ; 643 words
; ...studio in the Bibliotheque du Roi to the public. Although members of the royal court generally preferred the work of Jean Jacques Caffieri, Houdon enjoyed widespread patronage. He took painstaking measurements with calipers for his portraits, had a unique technique...
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ormolu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...highest artistic and technical development in France, especially in the work of Charles Cressent, Pierre Gouthière, and Jacques Caffieri. Ormolu was produced on a large scale in England, with Matthew Boulton the chief manufacturer. Workmanship deteriorated in...
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French art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tendencies. Characteristic gracefulness and delicacy prevailed in the minor arts, exemplified in the bronze work of Jacques Caffieri and in Sèvres porcelains, produced at the royal potteries established in 1745 at Vincennes and moved to Sèvres in 1753. A...
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Louis period styles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...specialized, and arranged for convenient use. Colors were delicate. Tinted wood, veneer, lacquer panels, marquetry, mounts by Caffieri and Pierre Gouthière , and porcelain plaques of Sèvres ware distinguish the designs. The style in its later phase was more...
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