Étienne Doirat

Étienne Doirat (c. 1675-1732) was a French furniture designer.

Étienne Doirat
Bornc. 1675
Died1732
OccupationFurniture designer
Spouse(s)Marguerite Borel
Children7

Early life

Étienne Doirat was born circa 1675.[1] His family had been ébénistes in Paris since the early 1600s.[1][2]

Career
Commode circa 1725, attributed to Etienne Doirat, Paris, kingwood with gilt metal and marble. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Doirat designed "commodes, armoires, corner cupboards, and tables" as well as sideboards, writing desks, etc.[1][2][3] He used exotic wood like amaranth, mahogany, olivetree wood, lemontree wood, rosewood, ebony, etc.[2]

Doirat stamped his name to his furniture at a time when it was not the proper way.[1] Indeed, furniture design guilds only allowed it was late as 1743.[1]

In 1731, only one year before his death, he opened a store on the Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.[1][2]

One of his commodes can be seen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Personal life

He married Marguerite Borel in 1704.[2] They had seven children.[2]

Death

He died in 1732.[1]

References
  1. The J. Paul Getty Museum: Etienne Doirat
  2. Augarde, Jean-Dominique (1985). "Etienne Doirat, Menuisier en Ebène". The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal. 13: 33–52. JSTOR 4166526.
  3. Stéphane Castelluccio, Le commerce du luxe à Paris aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: échanges nationaux et internationaux, London: Peter Lang, 2009, pp. 185-186
  4. J. Paul Getty Museum: Commode
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