Yannick Chastang

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Yannick Chastang studied cabinet-making and marquetry at the Ecole Boulle in Paris for six years. In 1995 he took a two-year post as junior conservator at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. From 1997 to 2003 Yannick Chastang was furniture conservator at the Wallace Collection where his conservation work on a drop-front secretaire by Jean-François Leleu for the Prince de Condé was runner up at the Pilgrim Trust national conservation awards. Since 2003 Yannick Chastang has been the managing director of Yannick Chastang Limited, a conservation studio specialising in the conservation and making of fine marquetry furniture, working for public and private collections. Yannick Chastang also advises private collectors on buying antique furniture and is a member of the vetting committee at The European Fine Art Fair of Maastricht. In addition to his main work, he is currently researching the materials and techniques of Boulle furniture through the ages.

His publications include the book Paintings in Wood: French Marquetry Furniture, the Wallace Collection (2001) ISBN 0900785667, as well as many articles on conservation and history of marquetry furniture.