Lefèvre family

Notable members included Lancelot Lefebvre (Brussels and Antwerp, 1655) and Pierre le Fevre (Paris, 1630).

In 1647, Pierre was attracted by some offers made him on the part of Henry IV of France, and left Florence for Paris.

There he received considerable emoluments, was styled Tapissier to the King, and provided with a workshop in the Garden of the Tuileries.

The second workshop, which was erected in the Garden of the Tuileries, was the one conducted by Jean Lefèvre, and he appears to have had full charge of it until 1770, and to have earned for the Government a very large sum of money.

The fine tapestry titled "The Toilet of a Princess", which was in the Spitzer collection, was the work of Jean Lefèvre, and three other pieces, representing Bacchanalia, bear his name on their selvedge.