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Small Louis XV transitional "sauteuse" chest of drawers, 18th century, in veneer, frieze rosewood and amaranth,
This rectangular chest opens to two drawers with concealed rails and drop-ring handles,
The front features a central medallion with musical attributes, Greek-style fillets in an amaranth surround,
Gilded and chased bronze trim,
The uprights are straight,
The whole rests on curved legs ending in hooves,
It is topped with grey-black speckled filleted breche marble.
Stamped J. DUBOIS.
About : Jacques Dubois (1693-1763) - cabinetmaker - Master on September 5, 1742. Dubois was a great master who did not confine himself to any one genre, adapting his flexible and varied talent to everything in furniture that could represent the beauty and nobility of line.
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