Inlaid Table (diamond) Stamped “paris Crystal Staircase” Louis XVI Style

Round rosewood diamond marquetry table with one pull and one drawer, fluted legs in part conical but also in high straight part. Golden clogs stamped under the tray "Crystal Staircase in Paris" in Louis XVI style - 20th century, heir to the great haberdashery merchants of the 18th century, the Crystal Staircase was a famous company under the Restoration. It was created in 1802 by the widow Barthelemy Desarnaud and her brother Philippe Auguste Charpentier taken over in 1830 by Boin, tailor then in 1840 by Pierre-Isidore Lahoche. In 1852, the latter joined forces with his son-in-law, Emile-Augustin Pannier, who became Pannier, Lahoche et Cie in 1867. The high quality of his production brought the store a princely clientele. It includes the Tsar, the Emperor of Austria, the kings of Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Holland... In 1891, the Cristak Staircase appeared in the Dido-Bottin almanah for the first time in the section "Manufacture and trade of furniture. Fancy furniture and small pieces of furniture, note the partnership with the greatest cabinetmakers of the time such as Majorelle. Finally, the First World War as well as the Russian Revolution of 1917 undermined the luxury trade and especially the store's wealthy clientele, largely made up of the Aristocracy and the death of the main Russian heir. The store closed in 1923.