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Perfume burner
Creator
Pierre-Philippe ThomireFrench Designer · 1751–1843
All works by this person →Although trained as a sculptor, Pierre-Philippe Thomire decided to follow his father into the potentially more lucrative profession of bronze caster, becoming the most important one of the late 1700s. Before setting up his own establishment in 1775, Thomire trained in the workshop of Pierre Gouthière. Thomire's big break came when he began assisting Jean-Claude-Thomas Duplessis, the artistic direc
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- about 1780–1785
- Medium
- Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 8291a18f-1693-4453-a85a-5d3e565e6a4f
From the Getty Museum record
This perfume burner (known in French as a cassolette) is attributed to the French bronze-worker and sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire, who received his mastership as a bronze founder in 1772. Thomire trained in the studio of the sculptor Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813) before setting up his own workshop about 1775. Indeed, the design for this perfume burner is based on similar pieces made by Gouthière.
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