L'Escalier de Cristal Tables
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
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 Tables
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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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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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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 Tables
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French Aubergine and Gilt Japanned Occasional Table
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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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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 Tables
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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 Tables
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L'escalier De Cristal tables for sale on 1stDibs.
L'Escalier de Cristal tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of L'Escalier de Cristal tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables 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 tables by Gervais Durand, Maison Krieger, and Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley. Prices for L'Escalier de Cristal tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,000 and can go as high as $44,574, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,227.