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Doirat, Etienne
(b Paris, c. 1670; d 25 June 1732). French cabinetmaker. He became a maître-ébéniste in Paris c. 1700 and was one of the first Parisian cabinetmakers to stamp his work. He operated a large-scale business from two workshops, one in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, which he managed himself, and one in the Rue Saint-Honoré, which he placed under the direction of his son-in-law Louis-Simon Painsun (1700–c. 1748), who used the mark L.S.P. Doirat’s period of activity coincided with the evolution of the Louis XV style, and most of his works are a combination of this and other earlier styles. Although some of his furniture (e.g. pier-table, Bamberg, Neue Residenz, Staatsgal.) derives its form from furniture by André Charles Boulle, in general it reflects the influence of Gilles-Marie Oppendord, A. Vassé (1681–1736) and Nicolas Pineau. In particular, Pineau’s influence can be seen in the composition of the central cartouche on some commodes (e.g. of 1725–30; Malibu, CA, Getty Mus.) or the indentation used in place of the apron (ex-Lady Dudley col., London). Doirat was one of the first cabinetmakers to divide the commode (e.g. Fulda, Schloss Fasanerie) into three rows of drawers of unequal size, with the first reduced to a frieze and fitted side doors.
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