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Canops, José
(Brussels, 1814 - Brussels, 1814)
Canops, José. Brussels (Belgium), 2nd half of 18th century – 16.04.1814. Cabinetmaker of the royal workshops.
In 1759, during the reign of Charles III, he was called to work in the "King's Chambers" in the New Palace of Madrid. Thanks to this monarch, a royal workshop was founded to manufacture bronzes and marquetry for furniture. The workshop was headed by the Italian Giovanni Battista Ferroni.
In 1777, José Canops obtained the King’s permission to reside in the city of Sprá (Liège) for six months. Upon his return to Madrid, he continued to lead the Royal Cabinetmaking Workshop until 1781. The designs for the suite of rooms were provided by Matteo Gasparini, but were executed by a number of cabinetmakers from the workshop, including Canops himself, Leonart, Oncel, Chiari, Balze and Braun, among others. The rooms, better known today as the Gasparini Salon, were decorated in the Rococo style.
Canops was the master cabinetmaker of the cabinets of Fine Indian Wood and director of Inlay and Engravings and Gilding at the Palace of Aranjuez. In 1781 he was granted retirement with a pension of fifteen reales a day, and returned to Brussels, where he died on 16th April 1814.
Source: Royal Academy of History
