A piece of furniture at support height from the late 19th century

Exceptional chest of drawers based on a Reisener model
the model which is in Versailles "Commode from the Salon des Nobles of the Countess of Artois" see the attached photo
Rich marquetry and rich ornamentation in finely chiseled and gilded bronze
Topped with a gray and white veined marble top
of course sold in perfect condition (with complete restoration and stamp varnish)

Jean-Henri Riesener was a French cabinetmaker of German origin (born July 4, 1734 in Gladbeck, Westphalia, and died in Paris on January 6, 1806).

Biography
Born in Germany (Westphalia), Riesener, like many cabinetmakers of his time, came to Paris to complete his future training. He arrived in Paris around 1755 and entered the workshop of Jean-François Oeben, himself a German immigrant. When he died in 1763, he took charge of his workshop and married the widow of his former master, Françoise-Marguerite Vandercruse, sister of the cabinetmaker Roger Vandercruse, to the great despair of one of his other students. Oeben, his rival, Jean-François Leleu. As long as Riesener did not have his own mastery, he used the stamp of J.-F. Oeben: until 1767, his furniture bore the name of his predecessor Jean-François Oeben.
Received master in 1768, he was appointed "ordinary cabinetmaker to the king" in 1774 and, during the years 1769 to 1784, supplied the court and the royal family - notably Queen Marie-Antoinette - with sumptuous furniture in the neo-classical style. He is considered one of the best representatives of the transitional style and notably completed in 1769 the famous cylinder secretary of Louis XV, or "king's office", begun by Oeben nine years earlier1.

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