Dernière
Date of birth
1804
Date of death
1903
Place of birth
Place Of death
Biography
The Denière business began operating at 15 Rue Vivienne, Paris, during the 1820's, primarily retailing a variety of high quality decorative bronzes - furnishings, chandeliers, clocks, candelabra, etc. The manufacturing studios and foundry were situated on the Rue d'Orleans and had been established by Jean-Francois Deninger (called Denière) in 1804. Denière clocks were supplied to Buckingham Palace, the Hermitage (St Petersburg) and the White House. The Denière House became very famous and its stand at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 (the first major international exhibition held in Paris) attracted many customers. From about 1849, the Company operated under the direction of Denière's son, Guillaumè, and continued to exhibit at Expositions and International Exhibitions throughout Europe, both in its own right and in collaboration with artists such as Carrer-Belleuse and Aimé Millet. The gilded bronze casting of the group of Apollon by Aimé Millet, which surrounds the great gable of the stage at the Paris Opera, was executed by Dernière. Princes and kings figured among Denierè’s wealthy clients - under the Second Empire of Napoleon III (1852-1870), Denière supplied important commissions to the Mobilier de la Couronne (mainly clocks for the Tuilleries), to Kisselef, the Russian Ambassador, and to Said Pasha, the viceroy of Egypt. Records shown that the firm was active until 1903.
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