Adrien Delorme

Adrien Faizelot-Delorme (master in 1748 – after 1783) was a well-known"Lesser, but highly competent" is the assessment of John Whitehead, The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century, 1993:189, cabinetmaker (ébéniste) working in Paris, the most prominent in a family of ébénistesThough he used the stamp DELORME without any further signifier, his father François Faizelot-Delorme (1691 - 1768) was also a maître-ébéniste, as were his brothers Jean-Louis and André. (Francis J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, Gilt-Bronze and Mounted Porcelain ii, 1966:542f.

Becoming master 22 June 1748, he set up in the rue du Temple,Watson 1966. a centrally-located site where fashionable clients could find him, for he worked as a dealer in furniture as well as running his own workshop; as dealer, his stamp is often found on pieces made by other ébénistes.Watson 1966. His own furniture featured fine marquetry and lacquered furniture.

In 1783 Delorme sold his remaining stock at public auction and retired from business.Watson 1966.