Veneered chest of drawers with central recess, decorated wit - Lot 131

Veneered chest of drawers with central recess, decorated with antique-style vases, flower baskets and festoons, set in tobacco wood. It opens with two drawers with oak inlay and recessed crosspiece. The uprights are straight, with the fronts turned down, and rest on pinched and arched feet. Gilded bronze trim: lock escutcheons, pull rings on macaroons, apron, falls, feet and set sabots. Grey breche marble top. Stamped: F. REIZEL (on the base of the left rear jamb). François REIZELL (?-1788) Master in 1764. Paris. Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI period. Dimensions : 83 x 113 x 55 cm Minor restorations. Perses with inlaid decoration. Later keyhole. Restored marble. Expert : Stéphane Pépe