"Rosewood Veneer Corner, Early Louis XV Period, Stamp By Guillaume Schwingkens"
Corner, in rosewood veneer, opening with two curved leaves, their interiors also in veneer.Ornamentation of gilded brass, reported bronzes.
The locking cleats are original, old lock and key added.
Vintage red Flanders marble, the molded edge in bec de corbin
Stamped G / SCHWING / KENS in the upper part of the left upright, under the marble.
Beginning of the Louis XV period
Ht; 85cm x 53cm depth
- € 2,600 -
Of German origin, Guillaume Schwingkens arrived in Paris at the time of the Regency and obtained his master's degree probably at the start of the reign of Louis XV. He began to practice rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and around 1745, he transferred his workshop to rue de Charonne. Its furniture, mainly chests of drawers and cupboards, are all in Louis XV style, with very neat proportions, in veneer wood with occasional marquetry motifs. He died in 1760. It should be noted that the Louvre Museum preserves a charming little chest of drawers from this cabinetmaker.
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