Louis XVI Period Chest Of Drawers In Mahogany

Louis XVI period chest of drawers in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer on an oak and fir frame. It opens with five drawers in four rows. Rounded fluted uprights, spinning top legs finished with bronze shoes. Turquin blue marble top surrounded by an openwork brass gallery. Stamped I PAFRAT and jurande hallmark Very good condition, (original marble slightly restored) Condition report and technical photographs on request. H. 98cm - L. 126cm - D. 60.5cm Jean-Jacques Pafrat (?-1793) master cabinetmaker obtained on September 3, 1785: Cabinetmaker of the reign of Louis XVI, Jean-Jacques Pafrat is recognized as a skilled furniture maker. Installed on rue de Charonne, Jean-Jacques Pafrat left behind some Louis XVI furniture stamped in mahogany, with rigorous lines and a very sober and refined decor composed of a few bronze moldings and grooves. We sometimes observe on some of his works profiled columns which become thinner towards the bottom decorated with grooves. The Revolution shortened Pafrat's brief career, who then took part in the storming of the Bastille and enlisted in the armies of the Republic. He campaigned with the northern armies as captain of gunners. Wounded at the Battle of Linselles, he died shortly after in a hospital in Lille.