Mahogany Commode Stamped F Schey Louis XVI Period

Chest of drawers in solid mahogany and mahogany veneer Louis XVI period Stamped F SCHEY* on the upright on the right Decorated with brass and gilded bronze strips Opening with three drawers on the front Fluted upright ending in spinning top legs decorated with a bronze collar gilded Saint Anne gray marble top Cloverleaf locks with its original key Oak frame Stamp varnish In perfect condition *Fidelys SCHEY (died July 29, 1788), who was made master cabinetmaker in Paris on February 5, 1777. Born in the Duchy of Baden, he came to settle in Paris towards the end of the 1760s or at the beginning of the following decade, and opened his workshop on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, in the area favored by the furniture artisans of the time. Despite the brevity of his career, he created numerous pieces of furniture in the Transition and Louis XVI styles of very good quality and quickly achieved great notoriety, allowing him in particular to work for the Crown's furniture repository, delivering in 1786 some game tables for the castle. from Fontainebleau