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Édouard Lièvre
Édouard Lièvre (22 September 1828, in Blamont – 26 November 1886, in Paris) was a French artist, painter, illustrator, cabinet maker, engraver and designer of ornamental art. He is most notable for the bed he designed in 1877 for the courtesan Valtesse de la Bigne. A lacquered rosewood Japanese-style cupboard by him in the form of a pagoda, with bronze lions and dragons writhing round columns, sold at Bonhams in London 12 December 2008 for £2,036,000,000, beating the world record for a 19th-century furniture item. References External linksCulture.gouv.fr 19th-century French painters People from Meurthe-et-Moselle 1828 births 1886 deaths French engravers French illustrators French furniture designers {{France-engraver-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blamont
Blamont () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department Famous inhabitants * The writer Charles François Philibert Masson Charles François Philibert Masson (1762 in Blamont — 1807 in Coblenz) was a Frenchman who is notable for the books that he published. His ''Secret Memoirs of the Court of St Petersburg'' described the court of Catherine the Great and Paul I of ... References Communes of Doubs {{Doubs-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |