L'Atelier Hoguet

Paris - La Belle Époque -P- Paris

History:

1872: In Sainte-Geneviève in the Oise, cradle of tablet making, Joseph Hoguet Duroyaume created his fan mount workshop. The sheet which covered the upper part of the piece was decorated and mounted in Paris. The fan frames, made by the tablet makers of Oise, were worked in noble materials such as white mother-of-pearl, Oriental mother-of-pearl, burgau, black mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, bone, horn. , precious woods. All these works were shaped, sculpted, openworked, engraved, inlaid with fine gold. The frames were presented to the Parisian fan makers who were responsible for mounting on them the leaves in swan skin, vellum, with paintings on a mythological theme, silks with gallant scenes, needlepoint or bobbin lace. , glittery organzas; they also had to ensure its sale.