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Charles Cressent
French master sculptor and cabinetmaker (1685-1768) · France · On the map · Artists · Died at 82
Charles Cressent (1685-1768) was a French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style.
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As the second son of François Cressent, sculpteur du roi, and grandson of Charles Cressent, a furniture-maker of Amiens, who also became a sculptor, he inherited tastes, skills and aptitudes which contributed to his success as an artist. Even more important, perhaps, was the fact that he was a pupil of André Charles Boulle. Cressent's distinction is closely connected with the regency, but his earlier work had affinities with the school of Boulle, while his later pieces were full of originality.
