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Etienne DOIRAT (Paris, c. 1675–1732), attributed to
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Etienne DOIRAT (Paris, c. 1675–1732), attributed to
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Estimate €30,000 - €50,000
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Description
Etienne DOIRAT (Paris, c. 1675–1732), attributed to
TOMB-STYLE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Curved in shape, made of violet wood veneer, with rich decoration featuring butterfly wings, circular motifs and arrowheads. It opens to reveal four drawers in three rows, separated by crossbars. The top is also veneered.
It rests on a flared base.
Regency period
Rich ornamentation in gilded chiselled bronze, including foliage-decorated pull handles, a shell motif on the apron, foliage on the legs, lock plates, corner finials and a ingot mould.
Height 85; Width 133; Depth 66 cm
(Restorations)
Note.
Étienne Doirat (c. 1675–1732), a renowned cabinetmaker based on the Grande Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, was one of the most influential and prosperous craftsmen of his time. He distinguished himself through his mastery of precious wood veneers — foremost among which was violet wood — and through a trait remarkable for an ebonist of the early 18th century: the fact that he owned his own designs and bronze moulds.
This style of furniture would subsequently prove a major source of inspiration for Étienne Doirat’s son-in-law, the cabinetmaker Louis-Simon Painsun.
Ref.
. SGL Auctions, 2 December 2018, lot 236
. Aguttes in Neuilly, 16 June 2003, lot 164
. Two examples of chests of drawers featuring a more ornate front but similar bronze fittings have been attributed, on stylistic grounds, to the work of the cabinetmaker Etienne Doirat. One, a pair, was sold by Sotheby’s in Paris on 18 June 2002, lot 52; the other was also sold by Sotheby’s in Monaco on 26 and 27 May 1980, lot 637.
Bibliography.
J.D. Augarde, ‘Étienne Doirat, ebony cabinetmaker’, J.P. Getty Museum Journal, vol. 13, 1985, p. 49
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