Abstract
PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE , considered the foremost bronzier of the period, was among the exhibitors at the 1806 Exposition Publique des Produits de l'Industrie Fran;aise.' It was the first time that a bronzier was allowed to participate in the show, and the first time that Thomire, who had recently bought Martin-Eloy Lignereux's shop at 41 rue Taitbout,2 exhibited under his own name. Unfortunately, the official catalogue does not specify what he exhibited,3 but it is possible to find references to individual objects in contemporary descriptions of the show. The report of the jury mentions that Thomire exhibited a chemin?e en malachite, as well as other chimneypieces, and had been awarded a gold medal for his work.4 Newspaper descriptions add one other object: a groupe representant S. M. l'Empereur, tenant d'une
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