Étienne Doirat | |
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Born | c. 1675 |
Died | 1732 |
Occupation | Furniture designer |
Spouse | Marguerite Borel |
Children | 7 |
Étienne Doirat (c. 1675-1732) was a French furniture designer.
Étienne Doirat was born circa 1675. [1] His family had been ébénistes in Paris since the early 1600s. [1] [2]
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]
He married Marguerite Borel in 1704. [2] They had seven children. [2]
He died in 1732. [1]