BY ETIENNE DOIRAT, CIRCA 1725

The dynamic form, audacious outline, and signature trellis parquetry featured on the present lot are characteristic of the inspired repertoire of the leading craftsman Etienne Doirat. Doirat is often considered one of the few ébénistes of the Régence period to have occasionally stamped his pieces, as seen in the present example, regardless of the fact that stamping was not made compulsory by the Parisian guild of menuisiers-ébénistes until 1751 (J.-D. Augarde, 'Etienne Doirat, Menuisier en ébène', J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Vol. XIII, 1985, pp. 33-52).