DIRECTOIRE PERIOD SAUNIER MAHOGANY COMMODE FRANCE CIRCA 1790

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 with restained gilt metal mounts, unlike most of the French Exotic style.

Dimensions H 91 cms W 132 cms D 56 cms