18th fine Coffee table by F.SCHEY circa 1770

Beautiful oval-shaped coffee table in rosewood veneer and green-tinted sycamore fillets. It rests on four arched legs connected together by a spacer shelf surrounded by an ingot mold. The headband features a decoration of rectangular reserves in green-tinted sycamore and opens with a large side drawer. White marble top surrounded by a gallery. Beautiful ornamentation of finely chiseled and mercury-gilded original bronzes including four foot slippers, rosettes, a keyhole and an openwork gallery. F.Schey and JME stamp under the front crossbar. Beautiful state of conservation; small usual restorations to the marquetry; a restored marble border. French work from the Louis XV period around 1770 by Fidelys Schey.*

Dimensions:
Height: 72 cm; Width: 48cm; Depth: 35.5 cm

*Fidelys Schey is a cabinetmaker who received his master's degree in Paris on February 5, 1777.
Born in Germany in the Duchy of Baden, this prolific cabinetmaker, despite the relative brevity of his career, settled on rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine and opened, near his workshop, a sales store which he entrusted to his wife.
We know that in 1786 he supplied gaming tables for the Château de Fontainebleau.
He died on July 28, 1788.
For a decade, he produced a multitude of Transition and especially Louis XVI furniture, including chests of drawers, secretaries and numerous tables.
Its production is of high quality while being very sober, with a preference for monochrome veneers highlighted with sycamore fillets.