MARTIN CARLIN (CA. 1730-1785)

Important chest of drawers veneered with ribboned satin in amaranth frames underlined by compound fillets; rectangular in shape, the front opens with four drawers, three of them without crossbar; the upper drawer concealed in a frieze of interlacing; rounded uprights; cambered legs in knife blades; beautiful ornamentation of chased and gilded bronze such as amatized moldings, water-leaf frames, laurel rings, macaroons, entries of locks, double sphere and sabots. Stamped by Martin Carlin and JME. Transitional Louis XV-Louis XVI period. Brocatelle marble top from the Pyrenees (cracked, restored) Height : 91cm - Width : 106 cm Depth : 44 cm (Small cracks and splits in the veneer, restorations, small deformation to a bronze)