A French late 19th century gilt bronze mounted kingwood, bois satine and bois de bout marquetry encoignure by Gervais Durand


in the Louis XV styleThe moulded marble top above a pair of foliate tendril inlaid doors within a sans traverse scrolled acanthus, rocaille, floral and shell cast cartouche mount, twice stamped: 'G. DURAND', 80cm wide x 60cm deep x 92cm high, (31in wide x 23 1/2in deep x 36in high)
|The interior of the identical model of encoignure by Durand is illustrated in L'Ameublement d'Art Français, 1850-1900, Archives photographiques Pierre Lécoules, p.257.Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand was born in Paris in 1839 and established the Maison Durand in 1870. His workshop was located at 12, rue de la Cerisaie and later at 23, rue Beautreillis. Durand specialised in making 18th century style furniture of the highest quality and received a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. In 1890 Durand's son Frédéric-Louis joined the firm, which changed its name to Durand et Fils and later changed location to rue Saint-Antoine at the old Hôtel de Sully.LiteratureC. Mestdagh, L'Ameublement d'Art Français, 1850-1900, 2010.