Born in 1727 to a free craftsman in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and becoming a master in 1755, he is the prominent representative of the so-called Transition style, although he was trained in the Louis XV style. He also skillfully harmonized both styles. It was Count François de Salverte who discovered that the cabinetmaker who signed his works as Lacroix, RVLC, or simply L was, in fact, the same person.

Several famous cabinetmakers surrounded him and likely influenced his work greatly, including Riesener, Oeben, Pierre Migeon, and Martin Carlin.

The profile of his furniture often features a distinctive double curve at the level of the stretcher shelf. He frequently used lemonwood, inlaying it with ebony, and skillfully marqueted designs such as cubes, compass roses, latticework, four-leaf patterns, broken sticks, and spiral rosettes. The design of his commodes varied little: a rectangular case with a tripartite marquetry division on the front, resting on slightly curved legs. However, Lacroix also appreciated the Chinese taste in design.

Although he worked for the Court, thanks to his colleague Gilles Joubert who handled royal commissions, private clientele made up the majority of his orders.

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