Roger Vandercruse Lacroix belonged to the most important furniture-making dynasty of the 1700s. The son of an independent *ébéniste* , he was related through marriage to some of the most successful *ébénistes* of his day, includingJean-François Oeben, Jean-Henri Riesener, and Simon Oeben. He became a master in 1755 and took over his father's workshop. At the time of his marriage, his business was
