Louis XVI Desk Stamped Levasseur étienne

Louis XVI mahogany desk Stamped Levasseur Gilt bronze trim the top is surrounded by a brass ingot mold. This desk has two side pulls of 0.38 m long each. Four small drawers on the front and a large central drawer. The visitor's side has a face in false drawers. The leather on the top and the pulls LEVASSEUR Étienne Étienne Levasseur (1721 - 1798) Carpenter-cabinetmaker marquetry. Paris. Master on December 17, 1767. "He began in the workshop of a son of Boulle, of whom he made imitations. He used mahogany in large masses and was one of the precursors of the Empire style. After working for one of Boulle's sons, Étienne Levasseur became a privileged worker on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine where he began the manufacture, but especially the restoration of a large number of marquetry furniture. Upon obtaining his mastery in 1767, he worked for the Garde Meuble de la Couronne and produced numerous works for the châteaux of Versailles, Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud. Étienne Levasseur was a skilled cabinetmaker and all the furniture signed with his stamp is neat, tasteful and of very high quality. Most were made using Boulle's technique, in copper and tortoiseshell marquetry, but he also left a purely personal production, in the Louis XVI style, with moiré mahogany veneer, admirably well-built, with perfect proportions and finely chiseled bronze frames. Some of his works, but rarer, were covered in rosewood, lemonwood or amaranth. His workshop was taken over by his son Pierre-Etienne, then by his grandson Levasseur Jeune, who both continued to perpetuate his know-how and traditions.