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Pierre-Philippe Thomire

February 28, 2023

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751–1843) a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire. His fashionable neoclassical and Empire style furnishing bronzes (bronzes d'ameublement) established the highest standard in refined finish in the craft that the French called that of the fondeur-ciseleur, "founder-finisher". In his pre-Revolutionary training, Thomire appeared first as a ciseleur, in the division of duties that went into the production, for example, of a set of gilt-bronze wall-lights delivered for Marie-Antoinette's card-room, her Salon des Jeux at Compiègne: under the general supervision of Hauré, the wax and wooden model was carved by Martin, cast by Forestier, and chased by Thomire, as Pierre Verlet was able to show over fifty years ago.[1]

Baluster candle sticks and a French Empire mantel clock with a figure of Minerva, (1817). Located in the Blue Room of the White House, shown as decorated by Stéphane Boudin in 1963. The clock is now on a table of the Entrance Hall.
Mantel clock (c. 1810) in a gilded and patinated bronze case, symbolising the marriage of Napoleon and the Archduchess Marie-Louise, as Mars and Venus
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He had received his training in the workshop of Pierre Gouthière, the outstanding Parisian ciseleur-doreur working in the Louis XVI style, before establishing his own shop in 1776. He gradually assumed the leading position of his former master. In 1784 a pair of Sèvres vases with Raphaelesque grotesques in violet on a white ground, made in 1782 were mounted with gilt-bronze goats as handles, which Pierre Verlet recognized in a memorandum delivered by Thomire, who was responsible for modelling in wax, casting, matte gilding and mounting on the porcelain.[2] In 1783–84 he received his first notable commission, casting and finishing the gilt-bronze handles modelled by Louis-Simon Boizot for a pair of Sèvres porcelain vases, today divided between the Musée du Louvre and Palazzo Pitti.

Under the Empire, Thomire purchased the fashionable premises of the marchand-mercier Martin-Éloi Lignereux, for whom he had provided furnishing bronzes[3] in rue Taitbout, Paris. When he exhibited in the 1806 Exposition Publique des Produits de l'Industrie, the first time a bronzier was permitted among the exhibiters, he gained a gold medal.[4] His most prestigious commission was the execution of the cradle for the King of Rome,[5] which was designed by Pierre Paul Prud'hon and in which Thomire collaborated with the Imperial silversmith Odiot; in a second cradle,[6] Thomire alone was responsible. At the height of his business, Niclausse estimated[7] Thomire employed six or seven hundred workers. A great number of the bronzes by Thomire in the Imperial residences had been commissioned, but further bronzes were supplied as collateral for a loan that was extended to Thomire in 1807 and which he was unable to repay, which consequently passed into the Imperial collection in 1811.[8]

Under the Restauration, Thomire Duterme et Cie.[9] retained the highest clientele, among them Monsieur, the King's brother,[10] the duc de Berry, and as furnishers to the Garde Meuble de la Couronne,[11] though elaborate measures were taken to rededicate Napoleonic allegories in bronze and ormolu with suitably Bourbon ones.[12] In one, Thomire cast and finished a martial allegory sculpted by Louis-Simon Boizot, who had provided draped caryatid models for furniture mounts that were touched up by Thomire, applied to the upper corners of a secretary desk by Guillaume Beneman, delivered for the King's cabinet intérieure at Compiègne, 1787.[13]

In a notable commission for Count Nicolay Demidoff in 1819, Thomire produced finely-made figures of Fame with doubled trumpets to serve as handles for the massive malachite-veneered vase now at the Metropolitan Museum.[14] Thomire retired from his firm in 1823.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Pierre Verlet, "The Wallace Collection and the Study of French Eighteenth-Century Bronzes d'ameublement" The Burlington Magazine 92 No. 567 (June 1950, pp. 154-15) p. 156. The wall-lights are identifiable in the Wallace Collection, London, by their stamped royal inventory numbers.
  2. ^ 20 septembre 1784. Garniture de vases à bouc, fonte, modèle en cire, monture, dorure au mat noted in Pierre Verlet, "Orders for Sèvres from the French Court' The Burlington Magazine 96 No. 616 (July 1954, pp. 202–206) p. 206.
  3. ^ Lignereux had previously been the partner of Dominique Daguerre, who had settled in London.
  4. ^ David Harris Cohen, "The History of the Maréchal de Villars Group" Metropolitan Museum Journal 14 (1979, pp. 185–189), p. 185.
  5. ^ Now in Vienna.
  6. ^ Now at the Louvre.
  7. ^ Niclausse 1947:47.
  8. ^ Traced in detail in Cohen 1979.
  9. ^ Until 1819, thenceforth simply Thomire et Cie.
  10. ^ The future Charles X of France.
  11. ^ According to a document of 25 February 1818, noted by Cohen 1979:188.
  12. ^ See James David Draper, "The Fortunes of Two Napoleonic Sculptural Projects" Metropolitan Museum Journal 14 (1979), pp. 173–184.
  13. ^ Now in the Wrightsman collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  14. ^ Preston Remington, "The Story of a Malachite Vase"The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin New Series, 3.6 (February 1945), pp. 142–145.

Further reading

  • Juliette Niclausse, Thomire, fondeur-ciseleur (1751–1843) (Paris) 1947.
  • Christophe Huchet de Quénetain, Les Styles Consulat et Empire, Collection des styles, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2006, ISBN 2859174133OCLC 63693193.
  • Christophe Huchet de Quénetain, « De quelques bronzes dorés français conservés à la Maison-Blanche à Washington D.C. », dans La Revue, Pierre Bergé & associés, No. 6, mars 2005, p. 54-57OCLC 62701407.
  • Milena Hübner, Surtout de table by Pierre-Philippe Thomire at the Wilanów Palace, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 68 (3), 2020, 357–390. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM68.2020.3.005

External links

  • Grand Ormolu / Surtout de table by Pierre-Philippe Thomire at the Wilanów Palace Museum
  • in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website  
  • Mobilier national : Thomire

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Pierre Philippe Thomire 1751 1843 a French sculptor was the most prominent bronzier or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire His fashionable neoclassical and Empire style furnishing bronzes bronzes d ameublement established the highest standard in refined finish in the craft that the French called that of the fondeur ciseleur founder finisher In his pre Revolutionary training Thomire appeared first as a ciseleur in the division of duties that went into the production for example of a set of gilt bronze wall lights delivered for Marie Antoinette s card room her Salon des Jeux at Compiegne under the general supervision of Haure the wax and wooden model was carved by Martin cast by Forestier and chased by Thomire as Pierre Verlet was able to show over fifty years ago 1 Baluster candle sticks and a French Empire mantel clock with a figure of Minerva 1817 Located in the Blue Room of the White House shown as decorated by Stephane Boudin in 1963 The clock is now on a table of the Entrance Hall Mantel clock c 1810 in a gilded and patinated bronze case symbolising the marriage of Napoleon and the Archduchess Marie Louise as Mars and Venus Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pierre Philippe Thomire He had received his training in the workshop of Pierre Gouthiere the outstanding Parisian ciseleur doreur working in the Louis XVI style before establishing his own shop in 1776 He gradually assumed the leading position of his former master In 1784 a pair of Sevres vases with Raphaelesque grotesques in violet on a white ground made in 1782 were mounted with gilt bronze goats as handles which Pierre Verlet recognized in a memorandum delivered by Thomire who was responsible for modelling in wax casting matte gilding and mounting on the porcelain 2 In 1783 84 he received his first notable commission casting and finishing the gilt bronze handles modelled by Louis Simon Boizot for a pair of Sevres porcelain vases today divided between the Musee du Louvre and Palazzo Pitti Under the Empire Thomire purchased the fashionable premises of the marchand mercier Martin Eloi Lignereux for whom he had provided furnishing bronzes 3 in rue Taitbout Paris When he exhibited in the 1806 Exposition Publique des Produits de l Industrie the first time a bronzier was permitted among the exhibiters he gained a gold medal 4 His most prestigious commission was the execution of the cradle for the King of Rome 5 which was designed by Pierre Paul Prud hon and in which Thomire collaborated with the Imperial silversmith Odiot in a second cradle 6 Thomire alone was responsible At the height of his business Niclausse estimated 7 Thomire employed six or seven hundred workers A great number of the bronzes by Thomire in the Imperial residences had been commissioned but further bronzes were supplied as collateral for a loan that was extended to Thomire in 1807 and which he was unable to repay which consequently passed into the Imperial collection in 1811 8 Under the Restauration Thomire Duterme et Cie 9 retained the highest clientele among them Monsieur the King s brother 10 the duc de Berry and as furnishers to the Garde Meuble de la Couronne 11 though elaborate measures were taken to rededicate Napoleonic allegories in bronze and ormolu with suitably Bourbon ones 12 In one Thomire cast and finished a martial allegory sculpted by Louis Simon Boizot who had provided draped caryatid models for furniture mounts that were touched up by Thomire applied to the upper corners of a secretary desk by Guillaume Beneman delivered for the King s cabinet interieure at Compiegne 1787 13 In a notable commission for Count Nicolay Demidoff in 1819 Thomire produced finely made figures of Fame with doubled trumpets to serve as handles for the massive malachite veneered vase now at the Metropolitan Museum 14 Thomire retired from his firm in 1823 Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 Further reading 4 External linksSee also EditFrench Empire mantel clockNotes Edit Pierre Verlet The Wallace Collection and the Study of French Eighteenth Century Bronzes d ameublement The Burlington Magazine 92 No 567 June 1950 pp 154 15 p 156 The wall lights are identifiable in the Wallace Collection London by their stamped royal inventory numbers 20 septembre 1784 Garniture de vases a bouc fonte modele en cire monture dorure au mat noted in Pierre Verlet Orders for Sevres from the French Court The Burlington Magazine 96 No 616 July 1954 pp 202 206 p 206 Lignereux had previously been the partner of Dominique Daguerre who had settled in London David Harris Cohen The History of the Marechal de Villars Group Metropolitan Museum Journal 14 1979 pp 185 189 p 185 Now in Vienna Now at the Louvre Niclausse 1947 47 Traced in detail in Cohen 1979 Until 1819 thenceforth simply Thomire et Cie The future Charles X of France According to a document of 25 February 1818 noted by Cohen 1979 188 See James David Draper The Fortunes of Two Napoleonic Sculptural Projects Metropolitan Museum Journal 14 1979 pp 173 184 Now in the Wrightsman collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Preston Remington The Story of a Malachite Vase The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin New Series 3 6 February 1945 pp 142 145 Further reading EditJuliette Niclausse Thomire fondeur ciseleur 1751 1843 Paris 1947 Christophe Huchet de Quenetain Les Styles Consulat et Empire Collection des styles Paris Les Editions de l Amateur 2006 ISBN 2859174133OCLC 63693193 Christophe Huchet de Quenetain De quelques bronzes dores francais conserves a la Maison Blanche a Washington D C dans La Revue Pierre Berge amp associes No 6 mars 2005 p 54 57OCLC 62701407 Milena Hubner Surtout de table by Pierre Philippe Thomire at the Wilanow Palace Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej 68 3 2020 357 390 https doi org 10 23858 KHKM68 2020 3 005External links EditGrand Ormolu Surtout de table by Pierre Philippe Thomire at the Wilanow Palace Museum Pierre Philippe Thomire in American public collections on the French Sculpture Census website Mobilier national Thomire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pierre Philippe Thomire amp oldid 1126240651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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