(b Bayeux, 1762; d 1838). French furniture-maker , active in Italy. He worked in Paris from 1795 (or earlier) and established his own workshop in 1799. Elisa, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (Napoleon's sister), invited Youf to Lucca, where he settled in 1805. He made numerous pieces in the Empire style for the refurbishment of the Palazzo Pitti and other former residences of the Medici family. Youf's name often appears in the catalogues of exhibitions in Lucca, where between ...