Mahogany and veneered with wavy-grained and moiré Santo Domingo mahogany; chiselled and gilded bronze; grey veined white marble.
H. 102.5 cm. (40 ¼ in.); W. 99 cm. (39 in.); D. 60 cm. (23 ¾ in.).
STAMP: P. GARNIER, visible under the rear crossbar of the tray.
PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s auction in Monaco, on 23rd-24th June 1985, lot n°. 902; Galerie Kraemer, 1986.
LITERATURE: Christophe Huchet de Quénetain, Pierre Garnier, Paris, 2003, p. 82, cat. 226.
Inspired by Antiquity, the front of this chest of drawers is partitioned into three drawers framed by pilasters crowned by capitals and ending in spinning top-shaped feet. Each drawer is richly adorned: in the first row is a frieze of foliate interlacing, and in the second and third rows, a mask of Mercury holding a garland of fruit.
