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18th-century French artisans

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Abraham-Louis Breguet
Swiss engineer and clockmaker (1747–1823)
Ferdinand Berthoud
Franco-Swiss horologist (1727–1807)
Nicolas Chédeville
French composer, musette player and musette maker
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
French engraver (1695-1750)
Jean-François Oeben
German master cabinetmaker specialized in marquetry having worked in Paris (1721-1763)
Antoine Simon
French shoemaker and revolutionary
François-Thomas Germain
French silversmith (1726–1791)
Pascal Taskin
Belgium-born French harpsichord and piano maker
François-Henri Clicquot
very famous Parisian organ builder of the 18th century, the last representative of the Clicquot organ builders and the last great organ builder of the former Kingdom of France
Georg Friedrich Strass
Alsatian jeweler and inventor of the rhinestone
Pierre Le Roy
French clockmaker
Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot
French silversmith (1763-1850)
Dom Bédos de Celles
French organ builder (1709-1779)
Louis Moinet
French clockmaker and painter (1768-1853)
Julien Le Roy
French master clockmaker (1686-1759)
André Jacob Roubo
French master joiner and cabinetmaker
Martin Carlin
French master cabinetmaker of German origin (1730–1785)
Louis Delanois
French master joiner in seats (1731–1792)
Jean-André Lepaute
French master clockmaker
Joseph-Charles Roettiers
French engraver and medallist
Charles Norbert Roettiers
French engraver and medallist (1720–1772)
Pierre Desloges
French bookbinder and upholsterer
Henri Auguste
French silversmith (1759–1816)
Claude Parisot
French pipe organ builder
Jean-Antoine Lépine
French master clockmaker and watchmaker (1720-1814)
Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis
French designer (1699–1774)
Guillaume Beneman
Parisian cabinetmaker of German origin (1750–1811)
Jean Louis Petitot
French painter (1653-1702)
Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
French master cabinetmaker (1728–1799)
Jacques Roettiers
Parisian engraver, goldsmith and silversmith (1707–1784)
Pierre Roussel
French master cabinetmaker specialized in marquetry (1723–1782)
Gilles-Paul Cauvet
French artist (1731-1788)
Antide Janvier
French clockmaker (1751–1835)
Henri Hemsch
harpsichord maker
Pierre Jaillard Bressan
French maker of woodwind instruments (1663-1731)
Antoine Groignard
French architect (1727–1799)
Louise Rose Babaud de la Chaussade
French writer