Etienne Avril, Louis XVI Period Stamped Writing Desk Table Circa 1780

Etienne Avril, Louis XVI Period Stamped Writing Desk Table Circa 1780 Lovely Louis XVI Period Writing Desk Table, Marquetry of Rosewood, Resting on Sheathed Legs Ending with Gilded Bronze Sabots. Its Base Joined by a Kidney-Shaped Spacer. This Circular Table is Topped with a Grey Veined White Marble Surrounded by a Gilded and Openwork Brass Gallery. The Table Opens with a Belt Drawer, This One Revealing a Writing Tablet Topped with a Brown Leather Top Gilded with Small Iron and Three Slots for an Inkwell. The Writing Tablet Lifts Up, Revealing a Storage Space. Beautiful Gilded Bronze Ornamentation Such as Sabots, Gallery and Lock Entry. Has its Key. Very Pretty Proportions. Stamped Below. Furniture of Very Fine Quality of Execution, Refined and Elegant, Struck with the JME, Hallmark of the Jurandes and Stamped by the Famous and Renowned Master Cabinetmaker, Etienne AVRIL. Its Practical and Aesthetic Combination, with its Small Writing Tablet and its Small Storage Spaces. This Piece Testifying to the Refinement of the Louis XVI Era, Very Decorative, with a Very Beautiful Wood Essence Will Enhance Your Interior. Etienne Avril (1748-1791) – Cabinetmaker – Mastery obtained on November 23, 1774: Cabinetmaker during the reign of Louis XVI, Etienne Avril is characterized by his furniture with panels framed with bronze rods. Called Avril the elder so as not to confuse him with his brother Pierre, Etienne Avril, opened his main shop on rue de Charenton, at the corner of rue Moreau but also a few stores near the Porte Saint-Antoine. He was asked for many commissions, including Queen Marie-Antoinette for her apartment at the Château de Saint-Cloud. During his career as a cabinetmaker, Etienne Avril sold "a quantity of chests of drawers, consoles, bookcases, secretaries and chiffoniers in mahogany and Indian wood, bedside tables, etc." His furniture was most often in mahogany and satinwood. It was characterized by rigorous and simple lines and large plain surfaces, typical of the style of Louis XVI. Avril's work also consisted, but in smaller quantities, of furniture in lemonwood veneer, rosewood and some models in geometric marquetry. The shapes were clean, light, well-proportioned, the bronzes almost absent, visible only at the keyholes and sometimes in the form of fine framing strips that emphasized the architecture of the furniture. Finally, although less frequent, he made some mahogany sideboards and tric-trac tables. At the dawn of the Revolution, Etienne Avril sold his shop on rue de Charenton to keep only the shops at Porte Saint-Antoine. After his death, several auctions, lasting several days each time, were organized in order to empty them of the incalculable number of his accumulated goods. Work from the Louis XVI period, around 1780, 18th century. Dimensions: Height: 73 cm Width: 48 cm Depth: 37.5 cm In good condition. We are at your disposal for any further information. WWW.DANTAN.STORE