Due to the difficulty in tracing long lost or forgotten decorative art pieces, the author warns this monograph may not be a complete catalogue raisonné. It does, however, provide as thorough an overview of Meissonnier's work as possible, with extensive critical apparatus. In addition to the catalogue, other chapters deal with the supporting scholarly evidence including a profile of the artist's family, biographies, chronological listings of source documents, inventories, and critical commentary by authors of the 18th & 19th centuries. There in an essay on "Rocaille", a table of the structure and departments of the royal household in which the artist served, and appendices containing biographies, a bibliography, and name index.