Thomas-Joachim Hébert (1687–1773) was a leading Parisian marchand-mercier[1] supplying the court (suivant le Cour) of Louis XV of France.[2]

In the 1720s, Hébert commissioned furniture from the workshops of André-Charles Boulle.[3] Among the ébénistes working to his commissions in later days was Bernard II van Risamburgh; about 1750, he supplied furniture by Bernard to the minister Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, some of which can be traced in modern collections.[4]

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  1. ↑ Jean Vittet, Le Marchand Thomas-Joachim Hébert (1687–1773) et l'ébénisterie de son temps; the role of marchands-merciers, including Hébert, has been recently analyzed by Carolyn Sargentson, Merchants and Luxury Markets: The Marchands Merciers of Eighteenth-Century Paris (Victoria and Albert Museum) 1996.
  2. ↑ D Kisluk-Grosheide, "The Reign of Magots and Pagods" Metropolitan Museum Journal, 2002; C Sargentson, "Markets for Boulle Furniture in Early Eighteenth-Century Paris" The Burlington Magazine, 1992;
  3. ↑ The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Art, s,v. "Boulle"
  4. ↑ See sale catalogue, Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 231, a pair of lacquer encoignures



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