A. Grandpierre

Bronze maker (active circa 1889–1894)

A. Grandpierre belonged to a family of Parisian bronze and marble craftsmen active throughout the 19th century. Its members worked as clock-case marblers under the company names "Grandpierre et fils" and subsequently "Grandpierre fils", as well as art founders. A. Grandpierre was himself a maker of furnishing bronzes, established at 1, rue Saint-Claude in the Marais between 1889 and 1894. At the time, this district was home to a large concentration of Parisian bronze workshops. His production reflects the late 19th-century taste for gilt-bronze lighting fixtures inspired by 18th-century models.