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Chest of drawers
- Localisation : The Prince’s bedroom
- Année de création :1772-1773
- Artiste :Jean-Henri Riesener
Description
Designed in 1775 for the suite of the commissary general of the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu, by one of the greatest cabinetmakers during the reign of Louis XVI, this chest of drawers was subsequently used to furnish the Parisian mansion of Consul Cambacérès, and was then inherited by King Louis-Philippe. The Duke of Aumale purchased it in 1857. A neighbour of the chest of drawers created by the same cabinetmaker for the King’s bedroom in Versailles, it features several characteristic elements, such as the central trapezoid panel and above all its exceptional marquetry.
