Corner Cupboard (Encoignure)

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Corner Cupboard (Encoignure)

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French Artist · 1694–1763

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Jacques Dubois, a descendant of a family of French *ébénistes,* probably learned the craft in the workshop of his half-brother, Nöel Gérard, an important cabinetmaker and dealer of the 1720s and 1730s. Dubois did not become a master until relatively late in his career, at the age of forty-eight. The inventory made after his death reveals a large workshop with a varied range of production including

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produced_by.carried_out_by[0].id: https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/f6502c81-685e-4668-89c5-8607c1ab62c5
Artist/Maker: Jacques Dubois
subject_of[Homepage].id: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/105X6A
Date: about 1755
Medium: White oak veneered with pear and bloodwood, set with leather panels of Chinese black lacquer, and painted with European lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; brass and iron hardware and locks; brèche d'Alep top
Culture: French
Object Type: Furniture

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Object ID: 6a5743df-5197-4432-b9be-225f11e1e0d4
Object Type: Furniture
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Creator: Jacques Dubois
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Culture: French
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Medium: White oak veneered with pear and bloodwood, set with leather panels of Chinese black lacquer, and painted with European lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; brass and iron hardware and locks; brèche d'Alep top
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Department: Decorative Arts
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Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date: about 1755
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Begin Year: 1755
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End Year: 1755
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