Large Chest Of Drawers With Two Drawers, All In Transition-thick Marquetry, Ochre Marble Top

Rare in this generous proportion this beautiful chest of drawers from the 18th century and in pure transitional style all in marquetry of rosewood with crossed veins, with walnut frame and herringbone fillets of mahogany and lemon tree. Straight front with cut sides, arched feet. The two deep and functional drawers, this piece of furniture is entirely mounted on poplar, the drawer recesses too. This treated piece of furniture is from the County of Nice (Franco-Italian) and has a light color; the round guilloché swinging handles and the round lock entry too, it closes with its beautiful steel key, and the sides are dressed with generous chiseled openwork bronze falls, of high quality like the four openwork bronze shoes too (period bronzes. The beautiful marble is Italian and has the particularity of being quite uniform and with soft shades of ochre, pink and small white commas, it is bordered in a bec de corbin with a pretty curve. The prodigious work of the size pricked below and cut at the back with a chisel, it is very thick and uneven (proof of antiquity) and its polish is remarkable