Marc-Etienne Janety
Marc-Etienne Janety (1739-1820) was the Royal Goldsmith to King Louis XVI until 1792, when the King was dethroned. A few of Janety's pieces worked in platinum (a novel metal in the late 1700s) survive. One is a platinum and glass sugar bowl (1786) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Marc-Etienne Janety
- Born
- 1739
- Died
- 1820
- Occupation
- goldsmith
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Marc-Etienne Janety (1739-1820) was the Royal Goldsmith to King Louis XVI until 1792, when the King was dethroned. A few of Janety's pieces worked in platinum (a novel metal in the late 1700s) survive. One is a platinum and glass sugar bowl (1786) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Born in 1739, died in 1820.
Work by Marc-Etienne Janety is recorded in the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum.
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1739
Marc-Etienne Janety was born in 1739.
1820
Marc-Etienne Janety died in 1820.
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- 1.McDonald, Donald. A History of Platinum and its Allied Metals. Johnson Matthey. 78. 1982. 0905118839.
- 2.Le Corbeiller, Clare. Platinum Metals Review. 19. 4. 154–155. 1975.
- 3.Sugar bowl. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 4.McDonald, Donald. A History of Platinum and its Allied Metals. Johnson Matthey. 187. 1982. 0905118839.
- 5.Quinn, Terry. From Artefacts to Atoms. Oxford University Press. 2011. 9780195307863.
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