A Louis XVI Bookcase Stamped By P. Defriche, 18th Century

Transition style bookcase opening with two doors, rosewood veneer forming rafters, with amaranth frames. The racks are sawn in the mass of the amounts. She is summoned by a "royal red" marble. It is stamped P-Defriche and JME (jurande of cabinetmakers' masters).
Condition: Restored in our workshop in the summer of 2019. Buffer varnish, traces of old restorations. Lock and bronzes reported, glasses of the 18th century.
In 1934, this display cabinet was sold on auction for 5 000 francs.
Artist: got his master July 9, 1766, Pierre Defriche is installed in the parish of Sainte-Marguerite until the Revolution. He works in Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, producing good quality furniture. He most often uses a rosewood veneer framed by violet or amaranth wood, as in this library. His furniture is sometimes found in marquetry of cubes or flowers and clear wooden trophies. His production does not seem very abundant but he works for Turin, a merchant in the Rue Saint-Honoré.
Other pieces of furniture: Louis XV commode in violet wood inlaid with cubes and foliage, 91.5 x 146 x 70 cm (Paris, documentation My Couturier, Nicolay) Secretary Louis XV inlaid draperies, musical instruments, vases and flowers flowering branches, 135 x 83 x 39 cm (Bethune, documentation Me Wattine-Arnault) Transition inlaid commode of rosewood rosettes, sycamore, boxwood and amaranth fillets, 87 x 83 x 46.5 cm (Paris, documentation My Delorme, Fraysse)
Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, The French furniture of the eighteenth century, Paris: Editions of the Amateur, 2002. Jean Nicolay, The Masters French cabinetmakers in the eighteenth century, Paris: Guy Le Prat, 1956, p. 130, fig. AT.