Veneered secretary cabinet opening with a drawer in the enta - Lot 177

Veneered secretary cabinet opening with a drawer in the entablature, a flap and two leaves. The front is decorated with a medallion and two flowering vases, surrounded by Greek-style composite fillets. They are inlaid with birds, foliage and flowering stems in contrasting frieze rosewood backgrounds. The sides are similarly decorated. The interior features six drawers and four compartments. The straight uprights, the fronts of which are turned down, are adorned with simulated fluting and stand on small feet. Chased and gilded bronze trim: lock escutcheons, apron, falls and rosettes. Sarrancolin marble top. Stamped. J. CAUMONT (on the upper right crosspiece). Jean CAUMONT (1736 - 1800), named Master in 1774. Jurande mark "JME". Paris. Louis XVI period. H_143 cm W_ 98 cm D_41cm. (Misses and lifts to the decorations). Expert : Stéphane Pepe Jean Caumont established his workshop and store on rue Traversière. His works, in the Transition and Louis XVI styles, show great variety in both their manufacture and the materials used. Caumont excelled above all in the manufacture of secretaries and chests of drawers. Their often sophisticated compositions are elegant and full of finesse. His work includes furniture with mahogany or satinwood veneers, and colored wood marquetry, decorated with landscapes, flowers, branches or musical instruments, often finely inlaid with ivory or mother-of-pearl. Bibliography - Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle - Pierre Kjellberg - Les Editions de l'Amateur - 2002