François de Salverte
François de Salverte | |
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| Born | 1872 |
| Died | 1929 |
| Occupation | Non-fiction writer |
| Title | Count |
| Spouse(s) | Marguerite Dupré, Countess de Salverte |
| Parent(s) | Georges Napoléon Baconière de Salverte Marie Joséphine Charlotte Guyot d'Arlincourt |
| Relatives | Eusèbe Baconière de Salverte (great-uncle) |
Count François de Salverte (1872–1929) was a French aristocrat, diplomat and non-fiction writer about furniture design.
Early life[edit]
François de Salverte was born into an aristocratic family in 1872.[1] His father, Georges Napoléon Baconière de Salverte (1833-1899), was a senior lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat.[1] His mother was Marie Joséphine Charlotte Guyot d'Arlincourt (1848-1912).[1] His great-uncle, Eusèbe Baconière de Salverte, was a writer and politician.[1]
He graduated from the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1893, with a degree in Law.[1]
Career[edit]
He was appointed as diplomatic attache at the French embassy in Constantinople in 1903.[1]
He wrote Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle leurs oeuvres et leurs marques in 1927.[2] Two years later, in July 1929, he gifted a copy to Queen consort Mary of Teck.[2] The book was republished seven times.[1] It was the first book about French ébénistes ever published.[3]
He published articles about furniture design in La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne.[1] In 1928, he gave a lecture about Martin Carlin and Georges Jacob, two ébénistes, at a conference organised by the Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français.[1]
Shortly before his death, he started writing Le Meuble français d'après les ornemanistes de 1660 à 1789.[1] The book was finished by Gustave Macon, Assistant to Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale and Archivist at the Château de Chantilly, with a foreword written by his widow.[1] In the book, he stressed that he valued French furniture design during the Ancien Régime, and saw furniture designed after the French Revolution, including during the Bourbon Restoration, as "decadent."[1]
Personal life[edit]
He married Marguerite Dupré in 1900.[1] She became styled as Countess de Salverte.[1]
Death[edit]
He died in 1929.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle. Leurs œuvres et leurs marques. (Paris : G. Van Oest, 1923).
- Documents inédits sur les ébénistes Martin Carlin et Georges Jacob. Communication faite à la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, le 6 avril 1928. (Paris : Daupeley-Gouverneur, 1929).
- Le Meuble français d'après les ornemanistes de 1660 à 1789. (foreword by Marguerite Du Pré, Countess de Salverte; Paris : G. Van Oest, 1930).
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Wilfried Ziesler, SALVERTE, François (comte de), Institut national d'histoire de l'art, published April 4, 2014
- ^ a b François de Salverte. "Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle leurs oeuvres et leurs marques". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 1113617.
- ^ Vincent Noce, L'affaire de la commode royale: Comment la France a laissé filer le meuble le plus cher du monde à New York., Libération, November 23, 1993
External links[edit]
Media related to François de Salverte at Wikimedia Commons
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