Adrien Delorme Explained

Adrien Faizelot-Delorme (master in 1748  - after 1783) was a well-known^[1] cabinetmaker (ébéniste) working in Paris, the most prominent in a family of ébénistes^[2]

Becoming master 22 June 1748, he set up in the rue du Temple,^[3] a centrally-located site where fashionable clients could find him, for he worked as a dealer in furniture as well as running his own workshop; as dealer, his stamp is often found on pieces made by other ébénistes.^[4] His own furniture featured fine marquetry and lacquered furniture.

In 1783 Delorme sold his remaining stock at public auction and retired from business.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Lesser, but highly competent" is the assessment of John Whitehead, The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century, 1993:189,
2. Though he used the stamp DELORME without any further signifier, his father François Faizelot-Delorme (1691 - 1768) was also a maître-ébéniste, as were his brothers Jean-Louis and André. (Francis J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, Gilt-Bronze and Mounted Porcelain ii, 1966:542f.
3. Watson 1966.
4. Watson 1966.
5. Watson 1966.