Antoine Cronier
Antoine Cronier, or Crosnier, (13 January 1732 - after 1806) was a noted clockmaker active during the second half of the 18th century in Paris, France.[1][2]
Cronier was born in Paris to Françoise née Boulard and Charles Crosnier.[3] He began his apprenticeship under Nicolas Pierre Thuillier in 1745, and by 1753 was working independently, with his workshop opening by 1759 at rue Saint-Honoré, 140. In 1763, he was recognized as a maître-horloger. His clocks used bronzes by Robert and Jean-Baptiste Osmond, Edmé Roy, René François Morlay, Nicolas Bonnet, and François Vion, and cases by cabinetmakers Jean-Pierre Latz, Balthazar Lieutaud, and François Goyer. He also worked with gilder Honoré Noël and tapissier Nicolas Leclerc.[1]
Today his clocks are in museum collections including the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, [4] Musée Nissim de Camondo, Waddesdon Manor, Harewood House, the Residenzmuseum in Munich, the Neue Residenz Bamberg [de], the Royal Palace of Turin, the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, the Nationalmuseet in Stockholm, the Huntington Library, the Pavlovsk Palace the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,[5] and the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Antoine Crosnier (b. 1732- after 1806) - Mantel clock". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Horloger Cronier Jeune | Toutes les Pendules". La Pendulerie (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Antique Clocks, Watches and Barometers: RICHARD REDDING ANTIQUES". www.antique-horology.org. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Antoine Crosnier (b. 1732- after 1806) - Mantel clock". The Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "An Important Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Musical Mantle Clock by Antoine Cronier With Enamel Dial Signed by Barbezat. :". Frank Partridge. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Mantel Clock". Detroit Institute of Arts Museum. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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