Etienne Avril, Table De Salon Ecritoire Stamped Louis XVI period circa 1780

Etienne Avril, Louis XVI period stamped Table De Salon Ecritoire

circa 1780

Delightful Louis XVI period Salon Table Formant Ecritoire, in Rosewood veneer, resting on sheathed legs terminating in gilded bronze sabots. The legs are joined by a Rognon-shaped spacer.

This Circular-shaped Table is upholstered in Grey Veined White Marble and encircled by an openwork Gilded Brass Gallery. The Table opens through a Belted Drawer, which reveals a Writing Table with a Brown Leather Top gilded with Petit Fer and three Inkwells. The Writing Table lifts up, revealing a Storage Space. Beautiful ornamentation in gilded bronze, such as clogs, gallery and keyhole. Has its own Key. Very nice proportions. Stamped on the underside.

Furniture of Very Fine Quality of Execution, Refined and Elegant, Stamped with the JME, Poinçon des Jurandes and Stamped by the Celebrated and Renowned Maitre Ebéniste, Etienne AVRIL. Its Practical and Aesthetic Combination, with its Small Writing Table and Small Storage Spaces. This highly decorative Louis XVI period piece, with its beautiful woodwork, will enhance your interior.

Etienne Avril (1748-1791) - Cabinetmaker - Master's degree obtained November 23, 1774: A cabinetmaker during the reign of Louis XVI, Etienne Avril is known for his furniture with panels framed with bronze baguettes. Called Avril l'aîné (Avril the elder) to avoid confusing him with his brother Pierre, Etienne Avril opened his main store on rue de Charenton, at the corner of rue Moreau, as well as several stores near porte Saint-Antoine. He received numerous commissions, including from Queen Marie-Antoinette for her apartment in the Château de Saint-Cloud.
During the course of his career as a cabinetmaker, Etienne Avril sold "numerous commodes, consoles, bookcases, secretaries and chiffonniers in mahogany and Indian wood, night tables...". His furniture is most often in mahogany and satinwood. They are characterized by rigorous, simple lines and large, plain surfaces, typical of the Louis XVI style. Avril's work also includes, albeit to a lesser extent, furniture in lemon veneer, rosewood and a few models in geometric marquetry. The shapes are clean, light and well-proportioned, and the bronzes are almost absent, visible only at the lock escutcheons and sometimes in the form of fine framing strips that emphasize the furniture's architecture. Finally, although less frequent, he made a few mahogany sideboards and tric trac tables.
At the dawn of the French Revolution, Etienne Avril sold his store on rue de Charenton, keeping only the stores on porte Saint-Antoine. After his death, several auctions, each lasting several days, were organized to empty them of the incalculable number of goods he had accumulated.

Louis XVI period, circa 1780, 18th century.

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Dimensions :

Height: 73 cm

Width: 48 cm

Depth: 37.5 cm

In good condition.

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