Exceptional Gueridon from the Directoire period, attributed to Molitor

A large Directoire Period Brass and Ebony Inlaid Mahogany Parcel-Gilt and Green Painted Gueridon “Aux Têtes Aigles” with a Turquin blue marble top.

Provenance: Philippe Perrin, Paris, June 2001.

Bernard Molitor (1755 - 1833), master in 1787, quickly became one of the first Parisian cabinetmakers and has received orders from the Crown since 1788. Molitor was very innovative ; he is a precursor of Empire style. From the end of Louis XVI period, he announced Empire style using Egyptian women busts, palm friezes or griffins that were widely used afterwards under French Empire. Molitor was very sucessfull until French Restoration. Molitor pieces of furniture are exposed in the biggest museums and collections.