Juste Chevillet [SEP] date of death
Juste Chevillet
Juste Chevillet (1729–1802) was a French engraver. He is known for his engravings for the "Histoire Naturelle" of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
Life.
Juste Chevillet was born in 1729 in Frankfurt an der Oder.
He studied engraving in Berlin under George Frederic Schmidt.
He then moved to Paris to complete his studies with Johann Georg Wille, who became his brother-in-law.
He probably reached Paris no earlier than 1750.
The "Livre
was related to other master craftsmen in Paris, notably the "ébénistes" Roger Vandercruse Lacroix and Martin Carlin.
He completed the "Bureau du Roi", which had been started in 1760, under his predecessor Oeben; his name alone appears in the marquetry.
The floral designs were derived from the "Livre de Principes de Fleurs", an undated compilation of engravings of flowers by Juste Chevillet after drawings by Louis Tessier.
In 1774 he delivered the commode for the bedroom of Louis XVI at Versailles, now