""commode Médalier""
Magnificent chest of drawers mounted with gilded bronze, based on the "Médaillier Commode" by Antoine Gaudreaux.This important chest of drawers is based on a priceless original which was supplied by Antoine Gaudreaux, cabinetmaker to the king, in 1739 for the interior cabinet of Louis xV, and employed mounts by the famous sculptor Jacques Caffiéri.
The iconography is derived from the Greco-Roman world, full of symbolism relating to the altar of Dionysus.
France circa 1880.
This chest of drawers is in good condition (in its original condition , unrestored).
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