18th Century Transition Period Commode Stamped Lardin

Slightly-curved commode, with four drawers on three levels with noticeable dividers.

Rosewood veneer, top in breech marble, chased gilt bronze ornaments.

Stamped twice André-Antoine Lardin (1724-1790, received as master in 1750) and JME (Jurande des Menuisiers Ebenistes parisiens).

Transition style, 18th century period (around 1760).

This elegant creation is typical of the work of this dresser specialist who was André-Antoine Lardin, in particular from the use of rosewood veneer upon a narrow chest of drawers with visible dividers.

André-Antoine LARDIN will produce a large number of pieces of furniture, very well made, with classic shapes and decorations. Constituted of secretary, various offices and small tables, this production will however be characterized by an impressive number of dressers, of all styles : Louis XIV, Regence, Louis XV, Transition and Louis XVI. All these pieces of furniture are adorned for the most part with rosewood or violet wood veneer of exceptional quality and inlaid in leaves, sometimes in butterfly wings, in dark rosewood frames.
A characteristic of Lardin was his stamp affixed in very large letters, energetically, on several places of the same piece of furniture, as is on this commode.

Museums and public institutions:
. Paris, Musée Carnavalet - Louis XVI commode in rosewood veneer.
commode. Classified as Historical Monument on April 5, 1980.
. Laon, prefecture, abbey Saint-Jean - Louis XV commode.
. Morlanne, castle - Louis XV commode. Classified as Historical Monument on June 20, 1979.

Bibliography :
. Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2008.
. Count François de Salverte, Les Ébenistes du XVIIIe siècle, Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934.