Mahogany Chiffonier Stamped L.moreau Louis XVI Period XVIII

Mahogany chest of drawers stamped *L.Moreau Louis XVI XVIII th century. It opens with six molded mahogany drawers, front uprights with cut sides with rudent grooves in solid mahogany, sides with double molded frames. Note the particularity of this chest of drawers in the manufacture of the drawers, all of which are of different widths ranging from the narrowest at the top to the widest at the bottom.8 Original lock working with a key. Drawers and boxes mounted in oak and sides in fir. Pad varnish in good condition cleaned by our workshop, beautiful blond patina acquired by time rising before left slightly thinned, which in no way alters the cachet of the piece of furniture. Ornamentation of gilded mercury bronzes and molded white Carrara marble top in very good condition. *Louis Moreau (1740-1791) Parisian cabinetmaker-sculptor Master on September 27, 1764. He employed skilled workers such as cabinetmakers Bircklé, Foullet, Topino, founders Guinaud and Cottin and gilders Prégermain and Fagard. After obtaining his master's degree in 1764, Louis Moreau, bought, rue de l'Echelle -Saint-Honoré "A la descent des Tuileries", the shop of his fellow cabinetmaker, Denis Genty, who had just gone bankrupt. With its furniture, in mahogany veneer, with floral decorations and ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronzes and with its very diverse marquetry with geometric patterns of Chinese lacquer or varnish, it quickly acquired great notoriety and a renowned clientele. He also worked for the Court, which, through the administration of Menus Plaisirs, gave him many orders. Louis XV, Transition and Louis XVI style, its manufactures are very varied as evidenced by a label found on one of its pieces of furniture: "made and held , English mahogany tables and everything related to Joinery and Cabinetmaking in Paris "However, Louis Moreau had other craftsmen work and often only produced part of the furniture he sold, which makes it possible that some works signed with his stamp have not been executed by him. Involved quite early in politics, Louis Moreau was deported to the island of Anjouan where he died in 1802. His wife and then his son Louis took over his store, which they kept until the end of the Empire.