"Louis XV Period Commode In Rosewood And Violet Wood Stamped N * A * Lapie, Master In 1764"
Louis XV period chest of drawers stamped Nicolas Alexandre Lapie and JME for the Jurande des Maîtres Ebénistes de Paris In rosewood veneer and violet wood in curling, curved front opening with two long drawers and two small drawers on three rows of drawers with feet arched, ornamentation in chiseled and gilded bronze, tablet in gray marble from the Ardennes. Between 1764 and 1770 Measures: L. 111 cm, H. 85 cm, P. 58 cm Lapie l'Ainé was the son of Nicolas Lapie, earthenware merchant, established rue de Charenton, he registered his letters of mastery at Chatelet on August 17 1764. He was the dean of several master cabinetmakers of a certain merit, his stamp has been found on pretty chests of drawers from the Louis XV period (v Jean Nicolay). .