Cabinetmaking & Design
Jean-Brieuc Chevalier is a cabinetmaker and marquetry artist based in Angers. Trained in cabinetmaking, he explores the technique of wood embroidery and has been running his own workshop since 2012. His work, combining marquetry and mother-of-pearl beads, earned him the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Intelligence de la Main® - Talents d'exception in 2025.
Sellette is a piece made entirely of marquetry and embroidery on wood (walnut and chestnut).
27,000 beads, embroidered one by one by hand, trace the veins of an imaginary marble, transforming the surface of the wood into an illusionist mineral material.
Part of the tradition of faux marble, inherited from Antiquity, this work offers a contemporary reinterpretation.
Here, hand and machine work together, combining ancestral techniques and modern processes to create a unique piece, at the frontier between craftsmanship and art.
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