Pascal COIGNIARD (master craftsman in 1777) - Transitional style chiffonier-style side table, 18th century

A small mahogany and mahogany veneer side table, also known as a chiffonier table, on all four sides. It features a mahogany top surrounded by a beautiful openwork gilt-brass gallery. It opens with three drawers in the front and rests on four gently cabriole legs.

Stamped by Pascal Coigniard (received as a master craftsman on August 27, 1777) and the Guild of Cabinetmakers.

Transitional period between Louis XV and Louis XVI.

With its incomparable simplicity and exquisite refinement, this small piece of furniture, crafted from one of the most prestigious woods of the period, testifies to the virtuosity and sensitivity of the master cabinetmakers of the second half of the 18th century.

Pascal Coigniard

Born in 1748, he became a master craftsman in Paris on August 27, 1777. A member of his guild, he established his workshop on Rue de Charenton, opposite the Quinze-Vingts Hospice, in a building he rented from the widow of cabinetmaker Pierre Migeon. Records of his work have been found up to 1791.
He produced Louis XVI furniture in rosewood or mahogany, characterized by clean lines and meticulous craftsmanship.
Pascal Coigniard crafted the gaming table used by the Dauphin during his imprisonment in the Temple prison.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

KJELLBERG, Pierre, French Furniture of the 18th Century, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2008.
SALVERTE, Count François de, Cabinetmakers of the 18th Century, Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934.

The Louis XV period saw the development of a whole series of small, portable pieces of furniture, easily moved from one room to another as needed, including a wide variety of salon tables. These came in many forms depending on their use, such as the coffee table, the cabaret table, the chiffonier, the writing table, and so on. Resembling a chest of drawers, the chiffonier table is a small, very handy table with three drawers, usually two in the front and the third on the side, sometimes with a pull-out shelf, and rests on tall, cabriole legs. It is still a valuable piece of furniture intended to be placed in a reception room.

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