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Jegg, Stephan
(b Schernegg, 1674; d Markt St Florian, 14 Jan 1749). Austrian cabinetmaker. His life was spent working as a joiner at ST FLORIAN ABBEY. In 1703 he was making architectural sections for the new church seating. In 1708 and 1711 he was making architectural models, including one for the main doorway that was executed in 1713 by the sculptor Leonhard Sattler, with whom Jegg worked as a lifelong partner, with Sattler working mainly on the sculptural figure decoration. In 1711–12 Jegg was paid 450 florins for building the altar in the Marienkapelle, for which he also made the stalls. In 1719 he made five long and five shorter tables, a cupboard with three sections and a reading pulpit for the winter refectory in the Leopoldinischer Südtrakt; none of these has survived. Together with Sattler he decorated the interiors of several rooms in 1722 and worked on the Prunkschrank, a splendidly decorated clock-cabinet (in situ). He worked in the new Kunstkammer from 1724 to 1728 and made the new sacristy cupboards (1726) for the parish church of St Peter am Wimberg. In 1739 the Prälatensakristei was refurnished, and Jegg produced several cupboards for it. After his death his son Johann Christian Jegg took over the joinery workshop.
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