Exceptional Louis XVI chateau chest of drawers after RIESENER Versailles

Lot 157 - Exceptional Louis XVI chateau chest of drawers after RIESENER Versailles
Important chest of drawers of the cabinetmaker Jean Henri RIESENER in a magnificent transitional style, rich of ornamentation in gilt bronze. With central projection and curved sides, opening in front of two large drawers without rail and three drawers in the belt. With amounts with cut sides. In marquetry of wood veneer with patterns of rhombuses and flowers and a central composition with fruits and flowery vase. Rich ornamentation in gilded bronze composed of framing nets, plant friezes and hooves. Purplish marble top.
Restorations of use and maintenance.
19th century period.
Dimensions: H: 91; W: 171; D: 63 cm
Jean-Henri Riesener is a French cabinetmaker of German origin (born on July 4, 1734 in Gladbeck, Westphalia, and died in Paris on January 6, 1806). He was awarded the title of Master in 1768, and in 1774 he was appointed "ébéniste ordinaire du roi" (ordinary cabinetmaker to the king). From 1769 to 1784, he supplied the court and the royal family - in particular Queen Marie-Antoinette of Austria - with sumptuous furniture in the neo-classical style. He is considered one of the best representatives of the transitional style and in 1769 he completed the famous Louis XV cylinder secretary, or "King's desk", begun by Oeben nine years earlier.