Charles-Honoré Lannuier

The social unrest and disruption of the economy by the French Revolution caused Lannuier to emigrate to the young American Republic in 1803.

In Paris, Lannuier worked primarily in mahogany, with limited amounts of satinwood and rosewood veneer inlays.

After moving to the United States, Lannuier benefitted from the more stable economy and access to exotic hardwoods, which allowed him to work on a larger scale using solid pieces of precious wood.

Lannuier's furniture is characterized by its use of architectural motifs–-columns, brackets, pediments, and pilasters; Greek and Roman motifs including anthemions, lyres, caryatids, dolphins, laurel wreaths, and winged figures.

James Bosley purchased the set which he used to furnish the music room in his new townhouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore.

As the Empire style became more entrenched and his success grew, Lannuier produced larger, more expensive pieces, including sofas, cylinder desks and bedsteads.