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Furniture
18th century
Jean-Jacques Pafrat
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Attribué à Jean-Jacques Pafrat
Jean-Jacques Pafrat, received the title of Master in 1725.
Died 18 August 1793.
Established on rue de Charonne in Paris, Pafrat was a cabinetmaker active at the end of the reign of Louis XVI. His work consists of various pieces of furniture in mahogany, characterised by sober and rigorous lines. These pieces, such as chests of drawers, secretaries and console tables, are often decorated with mouldings, straight or twisted flutes, and sometimes fine bronze baguettes. Some of his furniture, with its tapering columns and ebony frames, evokes influences such as Adam Weisweiler.
His career was interrupted by the French Revolution. He took part in the storming of the Bastille and was involved in revolutionary conflicts, before succumbing to his wounds in a Lille hospital. Despite his short career, Pafrat left a body of furniture representative of the refinement of the Louis XVI style.
Jean Nicolay points out in his book "L'art et la manière des Maîtres ébénistes français du XVIIIe siècle", that the Master unfortunately left too few stamped works.
