Louis XV-louis XVI Transition Period Chest Of Drawers Attributed To Louis Aubry

Chest of Drawers from the Louis green and blackened wood fillets, gilded bronzes, gray Sainte-Anne des Pyrénées marble, attributed to Louis AUBRY Received master in 1774 Louis AUBRY will create our chest of drawers in the pure transition style in which he combines the richness of the marquetry and the sobriety of the. bronze ornamentation. Rectangular in shape with slight central projection at the front and back, it opens on the front with two long drawers with support crossbars and three belt drawers. In the center appears a Music trophy surrounded by a floral wreath. naturalist flowers in Greek-style green-tinted sycamore frames are inlaid on the sides. The three drawers are punctuated with quartefeuilles. The side panels are decorated with antique-style flower vases. arched feet ending in gilded bronze sabots for the front. It is topped with gray Ste Anne des Pyrénées marble. Our chest of drawers is characteristic of the AUBRY style as can be seen in a chest of drawers stamped by the master and kept at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. A second chest of drawers stamped by the artist and above all this one almost identical simply topped with a gray Ste Anne des Flandres marble passed in December 2015 to the Hôtel Drouot during an auction by the operator Marc ARTHUR KOHN . Louis AUBRY is mentioned on page 30 of the book of cabinetmakers and furniture carpenters of the 18th edition, 1989. We can see a Louis xv-Louis xvi transition chest of drawers with marquetry using identical techniques. Restoration of use and maintenance with buffer varnish finish. Later marble top worked on 18th century techniques