L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
French
Dating back to the Bourbon Restoration in France and the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, l’Escalier de Cristal (the Crystal Staircase) was founded by Madame Veuve Désarnaud as the first company to offer decorative objects made from crystal and gilded bronze. The firm was located in the Palais Royal in Paris, opposite the Louvre. It grew through a series of owners to become the gold standard for reproductions of 18th-century furniture — so perfect they were often mistaken for originals.
Désarnaud won numerous awards for her creations, including a gold medal at the 1819 Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie Française for a dressing table featuring her signature bronze-crystal combination. A tailor named Boin bought the company around 1830; he in turn sold it to Pierre-Isidore Lahoche in 1840. Lahoche’s son-in-law, Émile Pannier, joined in a partnership in 1952 before Émile’s sons took over in 1885, establishing Pannier Frères. The company ceased commercial production in 1923.
Starting as early as the 1860s, there was a growing appetite for Japanese-style furniture, thanks in large part to the Japanese pavilion at the International Exposition of 1867. Henry Pannier reimagined some of the company’s designs to meet this new demand. The stylized furniture was a huge success and earned the company many awards, including the gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Others who contributed to this stylistic trend included French artist Émile Gallé, French glassmaker and ceramicist François-Eugène Rousseau, French furniture designer Louis Majorelle and French cabinetmaker Gabriel Viardot.
Henry Pannier made a constant effort to sketch each object the company sold and record it in his notebooks. Over 50 years, he recorded 2,800 furniture designs, each with its own name, date of sale and price. On some pieces, l’Escalier de Cristal signed the models, adding a layer of authenticity and distinction for today’s collectors.
Museums around the world have collected pieces from l’Escalier de Cristal, including the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of l’Escalier de Cristal decorative objects, vases, desk accessories and more.
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Creator: L'Escalier de Cristal
Famille Rose Qianlong Period Enamel Inkwell by L'Escalier de Cristal C.1880
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Famille Rose Painted Enamel inkwell set Qianlong Period (1736-1795) by l’Escalier de Cristal
It consists of a fretworked tray with raised edges in blackened wood surrounded by a fine gilded bronze ring, on which rests two Famille Rose Qianlong Period (1736-1795) hexagonal inkwells with pierced tops, one with original glass container, decorated with polychrome stylised flower heads and foliate scrollwork.
This inkwell is characteristic of the productions of the Maison de l'Escalier de Cristal, it shows a hybrid realization, using ancient Asian elements, used as a container for feathers and ink.
Stamped «Escalier de Cristal Paris»
Circa 1880
L’Escalier de Cristal, Parisian firm created about 1800 by Mme veuve Desarnaud, famous under the French « Restoration » for its decorative objects combining crystal and bronze. She was awarded a gold medal at the 1819 Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie for an outstanding gilt-bronze mounted crystal dressing table. Located in Paris, at the Palais-Royal, Galerie de Valois, L’Escalier de Cristal was bought out around 1830 by Boin, and then by Lahoche in 1840. The company owed its rise to a position amongst the most im-portant Paris decorative wares shops to Lahoche, who expanded considerably the business and entered later in partnership with his son-in-law to set up in 1852 Lahoche et Pannier...
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1870s French Japonisme Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Series of Four Louis XVI Style Wall Lights with Parrots, After 1885
By L'Escalier de Cristal, Edmé Samson
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This series of four gilt bronze wall lights featuring a porcelain parrot was made for l’Escalier De Cristal after 1885, year during which Henry and Georges Pannier start to manage th...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Liquor Side Table by L' Escalier De Cristal À Paris
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XVI style liquor side table, or small bar, made of solid mahogany with lower shelf, turned tapered legs and a pull out board for serving. The top has a brass surround, a Breche d'Alep marble inset and wells to hold bottles and glasses. Four original cut crystal decanter bottles and eight small cordials or shot glasses (four glass missing). Exquisite craftsmanship by the firm L'Escalier de...
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Late 19th Century French Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Breccia Marble, Brass
Japonisme Style Porcelaine Planter Signed L'Escalier de Cristal 19th C
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Paris, FR
Exquisite square planter in the Japonisme style. The whole planter is structured on bamboo-style edges.
Each face is decorated with flowers and leaves on a vivid blue background/ Ea...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Table by L'Escalier de Cristal
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in London, GB
This superb piece is an antique ormolu mounted Louis XV style table, masterfully crafted with kingwood, tulipwood, and parquetry, by the famed Parisian firm L'Escalier de Cristal. Th...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Escalier de Cristal French Louis XV Side Table
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Forney, TX
A gorgeous antique Louis XV style side table by Escalier de Cristal with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in Paris France during the last quarter of the 19th century, it features a verde marble-top, above a diamond motif parquet case with a single drawer, opposing side having a pull-out serving tray slide with green inset gilt-tooled leather panel, long slender cabriole legs with beautiful exotic wood inlay floral medallions, medial shelf with checkerboard motif parquetry and cross-banded border, ending with decorative gilt-bronze accented feet. Signed Escalier De Cristal Paris
Dimensions: (approx)
29" H, 14.5" W, 14.5 D
Great antique condition. Original, unrestored, antique condition. Having patina. Missing one gilt foot accent. Some loss. Wear/tear consistent with age and use.
Provenance:
From the estate of Lonnie Alfred "Bo" Pilgrim (May 8, 1928 – July 21, 2017) co-founder of Pilgrim's Pride, which at one time was one of the largest chicken producers in the United States. Pilgrim co-founded Pilgrim's Pride when he opened a feed store...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III Side Table, Maison L'Escalier de Cristal Paris
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined side table made of burr walnut veneer on an oak base, with elegant tapered legs, at the ending gilt bronze clawfeet. The table has extra server drawers on both sides. Around the top a copper rim. The table is stamped on the bottom: Maison L'Escalier de Cristal Paris...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Style Bronze Planter by L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1890
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed H.P for Henri Pannier.
Lovely hexagonal shaped planter in patinated bronze with gold highlights. Adorned on three sides with a dragon framed by a rhombus frieze on an openwor...
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1890s French Japonisme Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Aubergine and Gilt Japanned Occasional Table
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in New York, NY
With four drawers above a medial shelf, curved legs, decorated on all sides with exotic birds, old French printed paper label ‘[Maison de L'Escalier de Cristal]/Pannier-Lahoche & Cie, 1, Rue Auber & Rue Scribe, 6 [En face e Grand Opera...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century, French Mahogany Coffee Table by Escalier de Cristal
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in IT
19th century, French mahogany coffee table by Escalier de Cristal
Paris, second half of the 19th century
Dimensions: cm L 46 x P 33 x H 68
The...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Japanese Style Planter by L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1880
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
This circular planter in enamel ceramic, by L'Escalier de crystal, is embellished with a floral and vegetal polychrome décor upon a celestial blue ...
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1880s French Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Mahogany and Marble Table
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (Mid-19th Century) mahogany gueridon table with 4 reeded legs, mahogany apron, and a bronze gallery around a Spanish brociatella marble top. (Signed Escalier d...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
19th Century French Crystal and Bronze Inkwell
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French Crystal and Bronze Mounumental Inkwell. Signed. Escalier de Cristal Paris.
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19th Century French Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Bronze and Glass Vase, Escalier De Crystal Vase, circa 1890
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and glass vase, Escalier De Crystal vase, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique L'Escalier de Cristal Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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L'escalier De Cristal furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
L'Escalier de Cristal furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of L'Escalier de Cristal furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by L'Escalier de Cristal were created in the louis xv style in france during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Boin-Taburet, Gervais Durand, and Samuel Marti. Prices for L'Escalier de Cristal furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,000 and can go as high as $161,538, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,899.
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