18th Century Commode

Chest of drawers from the 18th century, slightly curved in front in rosewood veneer inlaid with leaves. It opens with three drawers in three separate rows. Rounded uprights with triple grooves. Royal red marble top. Very beautiful ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronze marked with the crowned C* representing winged dragons. H 86 x 122 x 63 cm. *The “Crown C” The bronzes of certain Louis XV pieces of furniture bear a hallmark consisting of the letter C surmounted by a crown which has long intrigued specialists. We now know that this hallmark sanctioned a tax paid between 1745 and 1749 on bronzes and brass. The 1745 edict required that “old and new works (...) which are and will be made, be visited and marked”. The same text lists all the works “of pure copper, of cast iron, molded, beaten, planed, engraved, gilded, silvered and colored, without any exception” which were to receive the mark. Bibliography: French and European furniture from the Middle Ages to the present day. by Pierre Kjellberg. amateur editions. Very good original condition Condition report and technical photographs on request.