Daniel Marot
(1661 - 1752)
The French designer Daniel Marot was one of thousands of Huguenot Protestants forced to leave France after 1685. He emigrated to the Netherlands where he entered the service of Prince William of Orange. William became King of England and Scotland in 1688 and the designer later followed his master to London. Marot's numerous engraved designs contributed greatly to the development of the Baroque style in Britain. He established the idea of a unified interior, in which the decoration, furniture and furnishings were all created in a co-ordinated style.