"Louis XV Period Curved Chest Of Drawers"
Chest of drawers with a curved shape on three sides in violet wood veneer with leaf marquetry. It opens with three large drawers on two rows separated by copper grooves. Uprights with pinched corners. Rich gilded bronze decoration with musical cupids. Aleppo breccia marble top. Stamped A.CRIAERD. Antoine Criaerd, elder brother of the cabinetmaker Mathieu Criaerd, worked in the Faubourg Saint Antoine during the period 1720-1750. Louis XV period, 18th century