Bernard van Risenburgh
French master cabinetmaker of Dutch origin · France · On the map · Artists · Lived 1700 to 1760 · aged 60
Bernard II van Risamburgh, sometimes Risen Burgh was a Parisian ébéniste of Dutch and French extraction, one of the outstanding cabinetmakers working in the Rococo style. "Bernard II's furniture is brilliant in almost every respect.
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Bureau plat by BVRB, delivered in 1745 for the Grand cabinet du Dauphin, Versailles
Work and Writing Table (table en chiffonnière), c. 1750-1760, National Gallery of Art![Commode, veneered with Japanese lacquer and japanned, by Bernard II van Risenburgh, Paris, ca 1750-60 (Victoria and Albert Museum[9])](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Commode.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
Commode, veneered with Japanese lacquer and japanned, by Bernard II van Risenburgh, Paris, ca 1750-60 (Victoria and Albert Museum[9])
One of a pair of commodes by BVRB, c1750 (J. Paul Getty Museum)About this person
His carcasses are beautifully shaped, his mounts and marquetry are always in complete balance even when extremely elaborate, and there is a logic to his works that allows the eye to comprehend them effortlessly," wrote Ted Dell.
