Etienne Levasseur, Secretary In Stamped Mahogany, Louis XVI Period Circa 1770

Etienne Levasseur, Secretary In Stamped Mahogany, Louis XVI Period
Around 1770
 
Exceptional Secretary in Mahogany and Molded Mahogany Veneer from the Louis XVI Period, Opening with Two Doors, a Drawer and a Flap on the Front. Its flap reveals a writing tablet covered with a Havana leather top gilded with a small iron, seven drawers and niches. Its Central Interior Drawer Forming a Small Safe and Secret. Its Two Doors in the Lower Part, Revealing a Drawer with Flap and Lockers, Secret Compartments. Very Elaborated Secret System Worthy of the Master.

This Secretary Resting on Sheath Feet, is Garnished with an Aleppo Breccia Marble Top. Its Uprights With Cut Sides With Three Flutes. Rich Ornamentation of Gilt and Finely Chiseled Bronze Such as Clogs, Pull Handles, Lock Entrances, Garlands, Sconces, Rosettes and Frames. Has his Key.
Uncommon Furniture, of Exceptional Quality, Chic and Elegant, Stamp Varnish Finish, Struck with the Jurandes Hallmark, JME and Stamped by the Renowned and Grand Master, Etienne LEVASSEUR (1721 - 1798). Received Master in 1767.

 
Carpenter-cabinetmaker marquetry maker. Paris. Master on December 17, 1767. "He started in the Workshop of a Son of Boulle of which he made imitations. He used mahogany in large quantities and was one of the precursors of the Empire style.
After working for one of the Boulle sons, Étienne Levasseur became a privileged worker on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine where he began the manufacturing, but above all the restoration of a large number of marquetry furniture. Close to one of the descendants of Louis XIV, he is frequently entrusted with the restoration of furniture. After obtaining his master's degree in 1767, he worked for the Garde Meuble de la Couronne and produced numerous works for the castles of Versailles, Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud. He was requested by the Count of Artois for his Hotel du Temple and also received numerous commissions from the Daughters of Louis XV, for the Château de Bellevue. Étienne Levasseur was a skilled cabinetmaker and all the furniture signed with his stamp is neat, of great taste and of very high quality. Most were made using the Boulle technique, in copper and scale marquetry. He made Boulle furniture identical to the originals of such quality, which could have led one to believe that it was Louis XIV furniture which would have been restored. he also left a purely personal production, in Louis XVI style, with moiré mahogany veneer, admirably well constructed, with perfect proportions and finely chiseled bronze frames. Some of his works, but rarer, were covered with rosewood, lemon tree or amaranth. His workshop was taken over by his son Pierre-Etienne, then by his grandson Levasseur Jeune, who both continued to perpetuate his know-how and traditions.
 
Work from the Louis XVI Period, Around 1770, 18th Century.
 
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Dimensions: 
 
Height: 141 cm
Width: 101 cm
Depth: 41.5 cm
 
In Very Good State of Conservation, to highlight, formerly restored marble
 
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Ref: RCL5IZLQR9