Louis XVI Period Mahogany Commode By F. Schey

A Louis XVI period commode in solid mahogany and mahogany veneer. Stamped F. SCHEY on the right-hand side. Decorated with brass moldings and gilt bronze mounts. It features three drawers in the front. Fluted uprights terminating in toupie feet, adorned with gilt bronze collars. Grey Sainte-Anne marble top. Trefoil locks with original key. French polished. In very good condition.* Fidelys Schey (died July 29, 1788), who was admitted as a master cabinetmaker in Paris on February 5, 1777. Born in the Duchy of Baden, he settled in Paris towards the end of the 1760s or the beginning of the following decade, and opened his workshop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in the district favored by furniture makers of the time. Despite the brevity of his career, he produced numerous pieces of furniture in the Transition and Louis XVI styles of very high quality and quickly gained a great reputation, allowing him, in particular, to work for the Crown furniture repository, delivering some gaming tables for the Château de Fontainebleau in 1786.