Commode In Violet Veneer - Stamped Gamichon - Louis XV Period

DESCRIPTION
Curved wooden dresser with violet veneer opening with 2 large drawers.
Handles of draw and bronzes of ornamentation in gilded bronze of origin.
Oak drawer backs.
Top in red Campan marble (Pyrénées).
Stamped "GAMICHON A PARIS".
Punch control "JME" Jurande masters Ebenists.

Informations on the cabinetmaker (excerpt "The French furniture of the eighteenth century" - The Editions of the Amateur) : Jean-Baptiste Gamichon, died in 1832, began to work at the beginning of the Revolution. Its activity, probably quite small, seems to have continued until the beginning of the Empire. Although the abolition of the co-corporative rules did not oblige him any more, he left his stamp on some pieces of furniture, which makes it possible to get an idea of ​​his production. He worked rue Mauconseil, then rue de Clichy, to realize in particular dressers, buffets, secretary and small tables mahogany, walnut, lemon ...

Informations on the J.M.E. : August 20, 1751, the Parliament votes the Constitution of Jurande, community of Joiners Cabinetmakers, consisting of a principal and 6 jurors. Its role is to choose and verify the masterpieces of the masteries, to monitor the quality of the Parisian workshops and to hunt down the free workers. The jurors visited the workshops four times a year and applied the mark on the books corresponding to the defined criteria. They collected a tax and confiscated the defective goods.

CONDITION
Very good condition
Has been revarnished by our cabinet maker
1 original lock and 1 lock replaced

DIMENSIONS
Height: 83 cm.
Width: 93 cm.
Depth: 49.5 cm.

LOUIS XV PERIOD (XVIIIth century)

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