Pierre I Roussel, Louis XV Period Chest of Drawers.

Pierre I Roussel, Louis XV Period Chest of Drawers. "
A charming, narrow chest of drawers, curved in plan and elevation, with slightly pinched front uprights. It rests on small curved legs connected by fretted crosspieces. The chest of drawers opens with three drawers on the front.
The drawer fronts are veneered with a wide contoured cartouche of rosewood connected in 4 "closed" sheets, known as "diamond point," highlighted with fine boxwood fillet on a rosewood background. The drawer edges, softened by a quarter round, are veneered with crosswise rosewood, the uprights and crosspieces are veneered with rosewood.
The sides of the chest of drawers are veneered with a large satin cartouche connected in 4 "open" sheets, within contoured boxwood frames on a rosewood background.
Beautiful gilt bronze ornamentation, well complete with falls, descents, and slippers on the front uprights. The drawer fronts have fixed handles and keyholes, and the lower front crosspiece has an apron. Openwork.
Period marble top molded with a previously restored corbin beak at the two rear corners (reglued and pinned very discreetly).
The chest of drawers is made of softwood and oak. The drawers are assembled in the traditional manner for a Parisian cabinetmaker, in oak, with the exception of the drawer fronts, which are made from glued softwood planks.
The chest of drawers is stamped P. ROUSSEL under the marble, on the edge of the left side crosspiece. The stamp is barely legible due to wear from rubbing against the marble, but can nevertheless be read in raking light. The stamp is accompanied by the JME, jurande des maîtres menuisier et ébéniste Parisien affixed from 1751 to 1789.
The P. Roussel stamp corresponds to that of Pierre I Roussel, renowned Parisian cabinetmaker, he was received master on February 8, 1745 at only 22 years old, from a line of Parisian master carpenters, he will choose cabinetmaking and excel in this field, he will be the first of a dynasty including Pierre-Michel Roussel master cabinetmaker, and Pierre II Roussel cabinetmaker, he is also related to Balthazard Coulon, Parisian master cabinetmaker by the marriage between Marie-Françoise Antoinette Roussel (daughter of Pierre I) and Nicolas Balthazard Coulon (son of Balthazard), the book dedicated to this family of cabinetmakers "the Roussels a dynasty of cabinetmakers in the 18th century" by François Quéré published by Faton provides us with a list of some of Pierre I Roussel's private clientele, including: the Counts of Bouville, the Count of Orsay, the Viscount of Vassan, the eighth Prince of Condé, and the Duke of Penthièvre. Pierre I is recognized for having left a "abundant, diverse, and excellent-quality" output, "always very carefully crafted," and "often refined," according to Pierre Kjellberg in his "Dictionary of Cabinetmakers and Joiners."
The chest of drawers we are presenting is from the Louis XV period and can be dated to around the 1760s.
It is in very good condition, has its period locks, and is french-varnished.
Dimensions on marble:
Width: 77 cm
Depth: 44.5 cm
Height: 81 cm

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