Regency Period Amaranth Wood Inlaid Wig Stand

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Regency Period Amaranth Wood Inlaid Wig Stand

Name: Regency Period Amaranth Wood Inlaid Wig Stand
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 5XDDYO9EY4
Price: 16000 EUR
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By Gallery Pellat de Villedon

16.000 €

Period 18th century

Style Regency style

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From: 78 000, Versailles, France

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A rare amaranth wood marquetry wig cabinet opening at the waist with two drawers. It rests on two tall, curved legs. The top of the cabinet features amaranth wood frill. The cabinet is adorned with gilded and chiseled bronzes in the form of sabots, trimmings, aprons, lock escutcheons, drawer handles, and ingot molds. The trimmings are from the Louis XV period.
Regency Period
Regular Restorations
H 74 x W 120 x D 50 cm

The cabinet in our study is extremely rare due to its shape. It was inherited from the commode but has only one row of drawers. This astonishing piece of furniture was intended to be placed along a wall. Called a "commode en table d'applique", "commode en console", "commode à perruque" or "wig cabinet", it is believed to be the cabinet in which wigs were stored. According to Nicole de Reyniès, in the book "Domestic Furniture, Typological Vocabulary," the "height required for the drawer corresponds to that required for wigs." We can find other pieces of furniture similar to our chest of drawers at the Cognacq-Jay Museum, which houses a Louis XV period "wig chest of drawers," or another reproduced in "L'Objet d'Art" number 518 (sold by the Colin du Bocage auction house in June 2012).

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Additional Information

Condition	As is
Style	Regency style (Furniture Dressers of Regency style Style)
Period	18th century (Furniture Dressers 18th century)
Country of origin	France