Rare Louis XV Style One-drawer Wig Chest In Marquetry

Very rare Louis XV-style one-drawer wig chest of drawers in precious wood marquetry

Resting on four curved legs, it features elegant ornamentation of finely chased gilded bronzes: corner falls, pull handles, lock escutcheons and sabots.

The front and sides are richly decorated with geometric frieze marquetry forming an elegant design of lozenges and radiating motifs.

The top is topped with a beautiful molded pink breccia marble perfectly matching the curved lines of the piece.

Fine French workmanship, Napoleon III period in the Louis XV taste.

Very fine decorative presence.

Presence of labels on the back and in a drawer

Dimensions:

Height: 85 cm
Width: 107 cm
Depth: approx. 48 cm

Propable achievement of a great name in cabinetmaking

Luxury furniture of great rarity by its form, Inherited from the commode but possessing only one row of drawers. This astonishing piece of furniture was designed to be placed along a wall. Called a "commode en table d'applique", a "commode en console", a "commode à perruque" or a "perruquière", it would have been the piece of furniture in which wigs were stored. According to Nicole de Reyniès, in "Mobilier domestique, vocabulaire typologique", the "height of the drawer corresponds to the height of the wigs".