Rare Chest Of Drawers Painted In Faux Marble, 18th Century

An astonishing chest of drawers, this Louis XV period tomb chest of drawers dating from the 2nd half of the 18th century is made of natural wood (beech and walnut) painted with faux marble decoration.
This trompe l'oeil painting is original and we find two types of faux marble:
a green campan on the drawer faces and on the sides, a red griotte marble from Italy on the top and in the crosspieces of the facade as well as on the crosspieces of the sides.
The bronzes are not gilded but silvered and the contrast with this painted piece of furniture is very interesting.
There has been oxidation due to time! It is a tomb-shaped chest of drawers curved and domed on the front and on the sides.
It opens with three curved drawers on the front and on the sides we find symmetrically panels framed by the crosspieces and the uprights, pretty transition molding on the drawer faces.
The low crosspiece at the front is curved and scalloped and the uprights are curved extend into ungulate hooves.
The side rails are fretted. The contrast between the two marbles is striking and the decorative effect is superb and unexpected:
one would think one was seeing a piece of furniture made of marble. A surprising and original chest of drawers, a piece of furniture from the South of France painted in faux marble which turns out to be a rarity.
No restoration to report, the drawer slides have been revised and work correctly.
No attack of wood-eating insects but preventive treatment provided in the workshop.

A surprising chest of drawers ideal for a very decorative result.

Dimensions:
121 cm long by 62 cm deep and 87 cm high.

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