PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: cabinetmaking
British cabinetmaker
Thomas Chippendale was one of the leading cabinetmakers of 18th-century England and one of the most perplexing figures in the history of furniture. His name is synonymous with the Anglicized Rococo style....
English furniture designer
Thomas Sheraton was an English cabinetmaker and one of the leading exponents of Neoclassicism. Sheraton gave his name to a style of furniture characterized by a feminine refinement of late Georgian styles...
European cabinetmaker
David Roentgen was a cabinetmaker to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France; under his direction the family workshop at Neuwied (near Cologne), founded by his father, Abraham Roentgen, became perhaps the most-successful...
French cabinetmaker
Charles Cressent was a French cabinetmaker, whose works are among the most renowned pieces of French furniture ever made. Grandson of a cabinetmaker of the same name and son of the sculptor François Cressent,...
American furniture designer
Duncan Phyfe was a Scottish-born American furniture designer, a leading exponent of the Neoclassical style, sometimes considered the greatest of all American cabinetmakers. The Fife family went to the...
Austrian furniture maker
Michael Thonet was a German-Austrian pioneer in the industrialization of furniture manufacture. His experiments in the production of bentwood furniture widely influenced both contemporary and modern styles...
British cabinetmaker
George Hepplewhite was an English cabinetmaker and furniture designer whose name is associated with a graceful style of Neoclassicism, a movement he helped to formulate in the decorative arts. Little is...
American designer
Gustav Stickley was an American furniture designer and maker who largely created what came to be known as the Mission style. Stickley learned basic furniture-making skills in a Pennsylvania chair factory...
French cabinetmaker
Adam Weisweiler was one of the foremost cabinetmakers of the Louis XVI period, whose works were commissioned by many European courts. Weisweiler is believed to have studied at Neuwied under David Roentgen,...
English cabinetmaker
John Cobb was an English cabinetmaker whose work was once overshadowed by that of Thomas Chippendale but who is now regarded as being among England’s greatest furniture makers. He was in partnership (c....
American cabinetmaker
John Henry Belter was a cabinetmaker and designer known for his superb Victorian Rococo pieces. Belter served as a cabinetmaker’s apprentice in Württemberg (now in Germany), where he was trained in the...
French cabinetmaker
Louis Majorelle was a French artist, cabinetmaker, furniture designer, and ironworker who was one of the leading exponents of the Art Nouveau style. The son of a cabinetmaker, Majorelle was trained as...
German cabinetmaker
Jean-Henri Riesener was the best-known cabinetmaker in France during the reign of Louis XVI. Riesener was the son of an usher in the law courts of the elector of Cologne. After moving to Paris he joined...
British artist
Gerrit Jensen was a royal cabinetmaker of Louis XIV-style furniture, who became one of the most fashionable and foremost designers and craftsmen of his time. Apparently the first cabinetmaker to earn individual...
European cabinetmaker
Abraham Roentgen was a German joiner and designer who founded what became one of Europe’s most widely renowned furniture workshops; he was the father of David Roentgen, the celebrated cabinetmaker to Queen...
French cabinetmaker
Jean-François Oeben was an influential French cabinetmaker noted for his outstanding marquetry and for his ingenious mechanical devices. Oeben came to France at an unknown date and in 1751 entered the...
American cabinetmaker
Thomas Affleck was an American cabinetmaker considered to be outstanding among the Philadelphia craftsmen working in the Chippendale style during the 18th century. Affleck is especially noted for the elaborately...
American cabinetmaker
William Savery was an American cabinetmaker who was an important member of the group of Philadelphia craftsmen working in the Chippendale style during the 18th century. Savery’s work ranged from plain...
French furniture maker
Georges Jacob was the founder of a long line of French furniture makers. He was among the first cabinetmakers in France to use mahogany extensively and excelled at carved wood furniture, particularly chairs....
American architect and craftsman
Samuel McIntire was a U.S. architect and craftsman known as “the architect of Salem.” A versatile craftsman, McIntire designed and produced furniture and interior woodwork in addition to his domestic architecture,...
Italian wood-carver
Andrea Brustolon was an Italian wood-carver, known for his furniture in the Venetian Baroque style, characterized by extravagant curves and lavish ornamentation. Brustolon went to Venice in 1677 for a...
furniture maker
Bernard van Risenburgh II was a furniture maker of the Louis XV period and a member of a family of Dutch origin that included three generations of Parisian furniture makers. Bernard II served his apprenticeship...
British cabinetmaker
Thomas Chippendale, II was the son of the cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, who succeeded his father as head of the family workshop. Until the retirement of Thomas Haig in 1796, the firm traded under the...
English cabinetmaker
William Vile was an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Vile was long overshadowed by his business neighbour Thomas Chippendale. Vile set up a partnership in London with John Cobb about 1750 and...