Offered by Laurent Chalvignac
A chest of drawers known as a “Mazarine,” featuring three rows of drawers on the front, decorated with two bouquets of jasmine and carnations carved from various types of wood and stained wood, joined by acanthus leaves in an accolade motif. The rectangular frame is supported at the corners by four quadrangular consoles made of blackened wood decorated with flowers and finished with gilded bronze feet; it reveals two sides of fruitwood inlaid with a large blackened-wood diamond, adorned in its center with a bouquet of jasmine flowers. The piece is topped by a wide shelf, veneered in olive wood, encircled by a bronze band adorned in the center with a large four-lobed motif inlaid—against a background of blackened wood—with a central vase filled with tulips, peonies, and jasmine, supported by two leaf-shaped brackets bearing two birds; four spandrels inlaid with bouquets of flowers made of various woods and stained wood frame the motif. Ornamentation features period bronze elements that have been re-gilded, such as drooping handles, lock plates shaped like faun heads, and claw-shaped feet... French work from the Louis XIV period, late 17th / early 18th century.
Size in inches : wide 45 X depth 25 X height 31
