Bidspirit auction | Bedside Table, Louis XVI Style

Bedside Table, Louis XVI Style ”Gaudron” Heralding Directoire - Bedside Table, Louis XVI Style ”Gaudron” Heralding Directoire This brand new Bedside Table, Louis XVI Style ”Gaudron” (Heralding Directoire) is a masterfully crafted solid cherrywood piece that serves as an elegant precursor to the Directoire aesthetic, produced by the prestigious French institution Ateliers Allot. The design features a rectangular top with a decorative brass gallery and an apron fitted with two streamlined storage drawers, all supported by tall, straight, turned legs with distinctive ”gadroon swelling” tops. Including a functional lower shelf for added stability, this table measures 27 inches (68 cm) in height, 15 inches (39 cm) in width, and 11 inches (28 cm) in depth. This piece exemplifies the peak of French decorative arts from an ”Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (EPV) that has integrated eight foundational trades of fine furniture—including cabinetmaking and woodcarving—across eight generations of family expertise since 1812. Ateliers Allot is a prestigious French family institution established in 1812 and headquartered on Rue de Vaugirard with showrooms in Paris, renowned for its mastery of traditional cabinetmaking and the rare ”Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (EPV) label. Spanning eight generations of expertise, the firm seamlessly integrates the eight foundational trades of fine furniture—including cabinetmaking, woodcarving, marquetry, and gilding—to produce and restore exquisite hand made pieces ranging from the Louis XIV era to contemporary bespoke designs entirely in-house, they offer an unparalleled level of historical authenticity, serving as a global benchmark for French decorative arts and ”art de vivre” [LOC 629]