"Jb Saunier Stamped Commode, 18th Century Period"
Spring Commode, Transition Period, opening on the front with two Drawers with Pull Rings decorated with Character profiles, which close with 2 keys, Stamped JB SAUNIER, received Master on July 29, 1757. It is in Satin Marquetry in Amaranth frames. She stands on slightly arched feet, shod with bronze hooves. Her Apron is topped with a Pretty Louis XVI Style Bronze. It is topped with Royal Red Marble, certainly later, also in Ressaut to follow the shape of the Commode, in Cavet all around. It measures 113 CM in length, 56 CM in depth and 83 CM in height. SAUNIER Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Saunier, brother of Jean-Charles, took the oath on July 29, 1757. He settled on rue de Charenton, from where he had disappeared in 1782. (The initials are written on his stamp J. B - A rare occurrence at that time, where the J was almost always written I)