Dates | 1744 - 1820, master 1778 |
Roles | Artist |
Nationality | French |
Born | Neuwied, Germany |
Died | Paris, France |
Like many other important ébénistes of the 1700s, Adam Weisweiler was German-born. Although scholars know nothing about his apprenticeship and early training, church records show that he was established in Paris in 1777, the year he was married. He became a maître-ébéniste (master cabinetmaker) in 1778, set up his workshop in the unfashionable quarter of Paris on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and worked mainly for the
Weisweiler produced Neoclassical-style furniture using mainly plain