Jean Henri Riesener
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Jean-Henri Riesener was an eminent German ébéniste, working in Paris. His work exemplified the early neoclassical "Louis XVI style".
Portrait of Jean-Henri Riesener, seated at one of his writing tables, by Antoine Vestier, 1786 (Musée de Versailles).
Writing table made for Marie Antoinette, 1780–85 at Waddesdon Manor.
Bureau du Roi, delivered to Louis XV.
Portrait of Jean-Henri Riesener by his son, Henri-François Riesener, 1800 (Waddesdon Manor)). In this later portrait, Riesener is depicted with a degree of intimacy and informality, in contrast to his portrait by Vestier, which shows him as a man of court, dressed in elaborate clothes and seated at a table.
Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Jean Henri Riesener
…time of Louis XIV: between 1774 and 1784, he received on average commissions amounting to 100,000 livres per annum. Riesener and David Roentgen were Marie Antoinette's favourite cabinet-makers. Besides commissions directly to the Garde-Meuble he delivered case furniture for the Count and Countess of Provence, the…
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769