| Étienne Doirat | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1675 |
| Death Date: | 1732 |
| Occupation: | Furniture designer |
| Spouse: | Marguerite Borel |
| Children: | 7 |
Étienne Doirat (c. 1675-1732) was a French furniture designer.
Étienne Doirat was born circa 1675.[1] His family had been ébénistes in Paris since the early 1600s.[1] [2]
Doirat designed "commodes, armoires, corner cupboards, and tables" as well as sideboards, writing desks, etc.[1] [2] [3] He used exotic wood like amaranth, mahogany, olivetree wood, lemontree wood, rosewood, ebony, etc.[2]
Doirat stamped his name to his furniture at a time when it was not the proper way.[1] Indeed, furniture design guilds only allowed it was late as 1743.[1]
In 1731, only one year before his death, he opened a store on the Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.[1] [2]
One of his commodes can be seen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.[4]
He married Marguerite Borel in 1704.[2] They had seven children.[2]
He died in 1732.[1]