Dimensions: height 75.7cm, width 48.2cm
Joseph Canabas (1712-1797) was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers of the second half of the 18th century, and is considered the grand master of small mahogany furniture. Of German origin, he moved to Paris probably in the late 1730s or early 1780s, and married in 1745. He worked for a long time as a privileged worker on rue de Charonne, becoming a subcontractor to Jean-François Oeben and Pierre Migeon. After becoming a master in April 1766, he set up his workshop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and rapidly expanded his business, building up a rich private clientele and collaborating with a number of leading merchants, including Bonnemain jeune and the Presle brothers. In 1769, at the time of his wife's death, the after-death inventory mentions numerous screens, tables of all types and mahogany guéridons; while in 1797 the sale organized after the cabinetmaker's death testifies to the prosperity of the workshop despite the revolutionary troubles; Described were "secretaries, chests of drawers, pedestal tables, desks, sliding and gliding tables, cylinder night tables, consoles, men's and women's toilets, chiffonnières, office armchairs and other objects, mostly in solid mahogany, decorated with copper and light woods in the best taste".
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