System Furniture Stamped G. Dester, 18th Century

Rare Louis XVI Furniture, Mahogany System and Mahogany Veneer, Decorated on the Front with Panels in European Chinese Lacquer Varnish, Stamped Godefroy DESTER + JME (Jurande Des Maîtres Ébénistes). Its particularity is that it opens with a large side leaf, opening with a secret system, hidden at the back, and revealing in its interior two drawers and a secret chest. It also opens on the front with a flap, covered with its old Moroccan, revealing 4 small drawers and three compartments. Its uprights are made of fluted pilaster, resting on small tapered feet. Its Top is a Brocatelle Marble from Spain embedded in an openwork Bronze Gallery. It is stamped on a rear pillar G. DESTER + JME. It measures 65 CM in length, 30 CM in depth and 107 CM in height. DESTER Godefroy Godefroy Dester (Died December 24, 1805) Carpenter-cabinetmaker. Paris. Master on July 27, 1774. Dester set up his workshop on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine where we find his trace until 1790. Despite the archives, we have not been able to find much information on this cabinetmaker but the large number of pieces of furniture signed by him proves that his house was very fashionable and he had real talent. Godefroy Dester's production was of great finesse: Louis All very simple. As ornaments, he mainly used grooves or fine bronze rods.