A rosewood and violet wood marquetry chest... - Lot 245 - Marie-Saint Germain

Lot 245
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A rosewood and violet wood marquetry chest... - Lot 245 - Marie-Saint Germain
A rosewood and violet wood marquetry chest of drawers with a central recessed front opening to three drawers in the waist, the front uprights with cut sides extended by curved feet and straight at the back. The drawers are in the form of drop rings, and the locks are in the form of staples and ormolu lamp bases. Breche marble top. Wear and tear to the veneer. Stamped DL PELLETIER. Transitional period Height : 85 cm 85 cm - 125 cm - 55 cm Denis-Louis Pelletier, received master in 1760, lived in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, first rue du Bac, then rue des Vieux-Augustins. With his workshop, he ran a furniture shop, for which he asked his colleagues Gauda and Topino for many works, he stamped the furniture he made, those he restored and those he sold. His house was still prospering in 1789. Provenance: Famille du général Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844)
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