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Chest of drawers with curved front in violet wood...

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Chest of drawers with curved front in violet wood veneer and curly rosewood, opening by four drawers on three rows, resting on four legs. Rounded front uprights. Ornaments in gilt bronze, such as: keyways, pull handles, scraps, foot ornaments and base, some hind ones. Brown marble top with white veins, moulded in beak of corbin. Stamped with ROCHETTE. Louis XV period. 85 x 127 x 65 cm. Gilding wear. A few cracks, splinters and lacks. Restorations. Laurent ROCHETTE, born in 1723, obtained before 1750 a royal patent naming him "Privileged cabinetmaker according to the court", a title which gave him the prerogatives of mastery.

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