A DIRECTOIRE BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE BY CHARLES SAUNIER LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .

WITH THE ORIGINAL WHITE MOTTLED TOP ABOVE THREE DRAWERS FLANKED BY FLUTED COLUMNS ON TURNED  ELEGANT TAPERING LEGS 

STAMPED   C.C. SAUNIER 

CLAUDE - CHARLES SAUNIER MAITRE IN 1752

OF NOTE THE MOST WONDERFUL NATURAL STATE OF PRESERVATION HAVING A GLORIOUS PATINATED SURFACE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST MAHOGANY TIMBER.

Descending from a family of e`beniistes .Saunier received his mai`trise in 1752 and worked in the atelier of his father, Jean Charles in 1757,which was located in the rue Faubourg Saint - Antoine  .Claude-Charles briefly continued to work in the Louis XV style but then repidly adopted the Neoclassic designs of the transitional and Louis XV1 periods for which he is now renowned . Saunier success was not confined to France and his reputation reached London through his work for the marchand- mercier Dominique Daguerre . This particular chest which has all the attributes that satisfied the English taste having a choice restrained line  , different from the more flamboyant French  Period Exotic style .

Dimensions  H   91 cms     W 132 cms   D 56 cms

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