Jean-François Bony

[1] A talented artist, his designs include studies of a dress and mantle proposed for the wearing of Josephine de Beauharnais at the coronation of Napoleon.

[1] In 1804 Bony submitted paintings to the Paris Salon[1] (which are now exhibited at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon).

In 1806 Bony won a silver medal at the l’Exposition des produits de l’industrie for his embroidery; he was the only medalist awarded his prize due to the beauty of his design rather than the innovation of his technique.

[1][4] In that year, the city of Lyon commissioned Bony to produce a coat and dress as a gift for the Empress Marie Louise.

On the restoration of the French monarchy, Bony continued to be recognised as a craftsman during royal visits by Louis XVIII.

Several of his works are also owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the musée de la Vie romantique.