LOUIS DELAITRE (MAÎTRE EN 1738)

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10000 - 12000 EUR
LOUIS DELAITRE (MAÎTRE EN 1738)
Chest of drawers in amaranth veneer with geometric patterns, opening to four drawers on three rows. The slightly curved uprights are decorated with falls representing busts of women and end with small arched feet. The bronzes are with lion motifs in the center and the apron is decorated with a head with curly hair ending in braids that frame the face.First half of the 18th century. Height : 85 cm - Width : 128 cm Depth : 63 cm (Restorations of use) Among the production of Parisian cabinet making furniture, the commode is part of the new furniture of which we find the first mentions from 1695 often designated by the term "bureau commode" and it is only from 1711 onwards that the simple word commode is imposed. From 1720, the copper and tortoiseshell marquetry decoration gave way to the new "bois des Indes" veneers and in the inventories of the period, the term "commode en esse" is used because of the uprights suggesting the letter S. At the Hôtel de Gramont, the description of a chest of drawers of this shape is made as follows: "chest of drawers in esse covered with wood of violet furnished with two drawers by the bottom and two drawers cut by the top, decorated with its hands, entries of keys and ornaments of bronze in color with its top of red marble". The falls of the chests of drawers with mythological masks give way in the 1720s to the human figure, and more particularly the female figure. The term espagnolette, a term borrowed from the world of fashion, appears in 1723 in the description of the bronzes seized low and two drawers cut by the top, decorated with its hands, key entries and ornaments of bronze in color with its red marble top. The falls of the chests of drawers with mythological masks give way in the 1720s to the human figure, and more particularly the female figure. The term espagnolette, a term borrowed from the world of fashion, appeared in 1723 during the description of the bronzes seized from the cabinetmaker Cressent, but was known as early as 1700 through a headdress composed of a feathered hat placed at an angle. If the cabinetmaker Cressent is often associated with this type of bronze, many other cabinetmakers of this period have decorated their furniture with this type of fall. Louis Delaitre was received as a master in 1738, the same year as his brother Jean, also a cabinetmaker. Some of his furniture bears the stamp of the merchant Migeon.
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