Faubourg St Antoine Paris Small Marquetry Commode

lovely small chest of drawers in marquetry and gilded bronze from the XIXth Napoleon III period opening with four drawers brand of the famous soubrier house faubourg st antoine in paris projection front inlaid precious wood with floral decoration in gilded bronze, chiseled and screwed note the quality above of red veined marble from belgium a bec de corbin delivery 80 euros Founded in 1848, the cabinetmaking house Soubrier specializes during the second half of the 19th century in the creation of stylish furniture, characteristic of the production of the Faubourg workshops Saint-Antoine at this time. With large carpentry workshops and large exhibition spaces, the house offers its clientele, from the upper and middle bourgeoisie, furnishings of all types drawing their shapes and ornaments from styles of the past, mainly Renaissance and 18th century. The Soubrier house continued this production of style furniture in the twentieth century, while producing, from the 1920s, furniture responding to the aesthetics of its time and the lines of the Art Deco movement.