In August 1789, Queen Marie-Antoinette entrusted Lignereux and Daguerre with her personal collection of objets d'art, in order to protect them from potential vandalism.
[1] The Parisian boutique, directed by Martin-Eloy Lignereux, became a tourist attraction, visited by rich foreigners who stayed in the French capital.
Maison Lignereux survived the French revolution and other historical event by adapting and anticipating trends in the decorative arts.
Bronze and exotic woods are ever-present in Lignereux's 18th and 19th century pieces, often combined with marble,[8] porcelain,[9] and pietra dura.
[10] Several motifs appear like signatures, such as the octagon, the bamboo, dragons with open wings, the torch, sphinxes, griffins, lion feet with coiling lines.