Pierre-Florent Baillairgé (29 June 1761 – 9 December 1812) was from Quebec, the son of

Jean Baillairgé Jean Baillairgé (31 October 1726 – 6 September 1805) was a carpenter by trade and there is some reference to his being an architect. He was born in Blanzay, France and his death occurred at Quebec City, Quebec, Lower Canada. Jean arrived at Q ...

, and did spend some time in the wood carving and joinery end of his father's business. His brother,

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, already was there and the three did decorative wood-carving for several churches in the region. Pierre-Florent was a craftsman rather than an artist; he conformed to the French style the family had brought to

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. He showed much more expertise as a joiner and that is evident in his surviving work.

External links

Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
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