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- ↑ This commercial agreement was arranged through banker Jean-Frédéric Perrégaux in April 1787.
- ↑ Original invoices confirm the importation of richly decorated mantelpieces from Paris, which were then adjusted by artisans in London.
- ↑ "Inventaire des laques anciennes et des objets de curiosité de Marie-Antoinette confiés à Daguerre et Lignereux". 142 pieces are entrusted to Lignereux and Daguerre, including objects made of lacquer, crystal and petrified wood. https://archive.org/stream/archivesdelartfr08guifuoft/archivesdelartfr08guifuoft_djvu.txt
- ↑ A secret note from the Prefect of Police states in 1807 that "in peacetime, the maison of Daguerre and Lignereux made a turnover of between 1 500 000 and 200 000 000 with foreign countries." [quoted in http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=5474045]
- ↑ "La dynastie des Jacob": http://www.latourcamoufle.com/artistes-biographie/les-jacob/?language=en
- ↑ Pierre Verlet, Le Commerce des Objets d’Art et les marchands merciers à Paris au XVIIIe siècle, 1958: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ahess_0395-2649_1958_num_13_1_2705
- ↑ The Stamp of Adam Weisweiller appears on several pieces of furniture which were purchased from the boutiques of Lignereux, in particular in the (former) art collections of the Earls of Elgin and Quentin Craufurd.
- ↑ http://www.sevresciteceramique.fr/documents/inventaire_des_collections_documentaires_de_la_cita_=doc51.pdf Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine p.31, Carton U4.
- ↑ This client list is quoted in the following note: http://www.piasa.auction.fr/_fr/lot/secretaire-de-dame-en-cabinet-il-est-en-placage-de-citronnier-hellip-2274399#.VTEnzmbXcfE http://www.piasa.auction.fr/_fr/lot/secretaire-de-dame-en-cabinet-il-est-en-placage-de-citronnier-hellip-2274399#.
- ↑ William Beckford is mentioned as a client of M.E. Lignereux's in the following notes: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=3933065 et http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.
- ↑ http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/property-from-the-collections-of-lily-edmond-j-safra-n08822/lot.749.html [ bare URL ]
- ↑ John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, made several acquisitions at Lignereux's during the Treaty of Amiens: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/important-furniture-silver-ceramics-l09767/lot.16.html, http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BID/56365219x0x331701/0140C153-FBB0-4516-93A0-84402AD67949/331701.pdf Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ James Harris, ed. (1845). Diaries and Correspondence of The Earl of Malmesbury. Vol. 3. p. 284.
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