Guillaume Cordie (estp), "happiness Of The Day", Louis XVI Eighteenth

Happiness of the day forming a writing board made of amaranth wood veneer, satined net. it opens with two curtains revealing shelves, two complication drawers, a zipper serving as a leather-wrapped writing desk, a drawers in a belt. White marble top with openwork bronze gallery. Chiseled bronze decoration. Stamped G.CORDIE and JME punches. Louis XVI period, eighteenth century. CORDIÉ Guillaume Guillaume Cordié (1725 - 1785) - cabinetmaker, Master June 18, 1766. He exercised rue de Charonne until his death. Most of his works are related to the transitional style Louis XV to Louis XVI. Guillaume Cordié worked as a free craftsman before obtaining his master's degree in 1766. He settled on rue de Charonne and stayed there until his death. His works, of good quality and harmonious proportions, are for the majority of style Transitionet Louis XV. He executed mainly small furniture: hairdressers, heart-shaped, writing tables, but Guillaume Cordié was indisputably the master of happiness-of-the-day. These, in rosewood veneer, have an upper body closed by two sliding doors, and have two small drawers embedded in a coffered belt. A tray unfolds to form the writing board. The curved legs of his furniture give them elegance and grace. There are also a few Transition style commodes in rosewood arranged in butterfly wings and inlaid with cubes and four leaves. After his death, his wife will continue his activity rue de Charonne until the Revolution. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Art and the Way of the French Master Cabinetmakers in the 18th Century - Jean Nicolay - Pygmalion Edition - 1976 The 18th Century Cabinetmakers - Comte François de Salverte - The Editions of Art and History - 1934 The French Furniture of the XVIIIth Century - Pierre Kjellberg - The Editions of the Amateur - 1989