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Pierre-Philippe Thomire
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Pierre-Philippe Thomire was a French sculptor and the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts, of the First French Empire. His fashion
Baluster candle sticks and a French Empire mantel clock with a figure of Minerva, (1817). Located in the Blue Room of the White House, shown as decorated by Stéphane Boudin in 1963. The clock is now on a table of the Entrance Hall.
Baluster candle sticks and a French Empire mantel clock with a figure of Minerva, (1817). Located in the Blue Room of the White House, shown as decora
Mantel clock (c. 1810) in a gilded and patinated bronze case, symbolising the marriage of Napoleon and the Archduchess Marie-Louise, as Mars and Venus
Mantel clock (c. 1810) in a gilded and patinated bronze case, symbolising the marriage of Napoleon and the Archduchess Marie-Louise, as Mars and Venus
Pierre Gouthière
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Pierre Gouthière was a French metal worker. He was born at Bar-sur-Aube and went to Paris at an early age as the pupil of Martin Cour.
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
…Martin, cast by Forestier, and chased by Thomire, as Pierre Verlet was able to show over fifty years ago. He had received his training in the workshop of Pierre Gouthière, the outstanding Parisian ciseleur-doreur working in the Louis XVI style, before establishing his own shop in 1776. He gradually assumed the leading…
Perfume burner by Gouthiere, circa 1774–1775. Red jasper and gilded bronze.
Perfume burner by Gouthiere, circa 1774–1775. Red jasper and gilded bronze.
Installed by Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt: The large and unique marble stove decorated with gilt bronzes made by Pierre Gouthière in
Installed by Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt: The large and unique marble stove decorated with gilt bronzes made by Pierre Gouthière in the vestibule of the Hôtel de Besenval, formerly placed in the Grand cabinet, now the dining room. Photographed just before World War I. Only a few years later it was dismantled and sold. In the late 1990s the stove was with the Galerie Kraemer of Paris. The gallery later sold it to a client in the United States for