Chiffonniere - Writing Table Walnut - Louis XV Style - Period : XIXth Century

Adorable little writing case in walnut with inlay, Louis XV style.
It has four high, slender and curved legs.
Its central body is composed of a drawer pull and three rows of drawers under a top tray with wide borders surrounding the back and sides, thus preventing objects from falling out.

The pull-out is covered with green felt.
Each drawer opens with small round pull knobs.
The front and sides are covered with diagonal marquetry.

Period: 19th century
Dimensions : Height : 69cm x Width : 21 x Depth : 21cm

The Louis XV style covers a period from 1725 to 1760, a new and precious style, it is also called Rocaille style because the rocaille remains the preferred ornament, it is also called Rococo style or Pompadour style.

The distinction is made during this period between the furniture of apparat and the usual furniture, it is also the great time of the cabinetmakers, of the floral or geometrical marquetries, of the taste for the exoticism and of the arrival of a number of small pieces of furniture related to the need for comfort, like the secretaries, the dusters, the bedside tables, etc...

Louis XV furniture is a must in the history of decorative arts!
It is referred to as "the moment of perfection of French art".

Even today, while furniture is essentially based on straight lines and parallelepipedal volumes, the curved Louis XV-style legs are still very popular.
Like a soft and refined touch to counterbalance the more austere forms.