Louis XV chest of drawers stamped G.SCHWINGKENS, crowned C bronzes

Beautiful Louis XV chest of drawers with pronounced curves, crossbow front and flared sides, inlaid with rosewood and opening to five drawers in three rows separated by a brass fluting.
Rich ornamentation of chased and gilded bronzes with a crowned C and top of royal red Flanders marble molded with a period corbin beak, locks also original.
Stamped G SCHWINGKENS, Parisian work of the mid-18th century.
Very good condition, with minor restorations, stamped varnish.
Conceived under Louis XV as a tax mark, the crowned C also became for collectors a quality and date mark used between 1745 and 1749, and seems to have been struck only on the most refined bronzes.
Gustave SCHWINGKENS ( -1760), a cabinetmaker of German origin, arrived in Paris during the Regency, obtaining his master's degree probably at the beginning of the reign of Louis XV. Established on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and then rue de Charonne around 1745, he produced chests of drawers and corner cabinets with simple, classical lines.