"Small Three-sided Curved Parisian Chest of Drawers from the Louis XV Antoine Gosselin period"
Small curved chest of drawers on three sides.
Parisian work of the Louis XV era.
Rosewood veneer wood decor in violet wood reserves.
Chest of drawers opening with three drawers and resting on an arched base at the front.
Rance marble top moulded with corbin's beak.
Ornamentation of gilded bronzes.
Jurande hallmark on the left front pillar.
Trace of Gosselin's stamp on the right rear pillar.
Height: 84.5 cm
Width: 65 cm
Depth: 41.5 cm
GOSSELIN Antoine, notable cabinetmaker, born in Sarton, near Amiens, in 1731, died in Paris on December 16, 1794. Arriving to settle in the capital, he won the master's degree on July 9, 1752, was a juror of his community from 1772 to 1774, assistant to the trustees in 1777, trustee the following year, and continued to sit in the office of his body, as deputy or administrator, until the Revolution. This manufacturer, who operated a very active workshop, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, opposite the rue de Charonne, is mentioned with honor in the General Almanac of the Merchants of the Kingdom.
The Christiania Museum in Oslo has a marquetry chest of drawers dating from the end of the time of Louis XV, and whose decorations include a landscape skillfully treated in pretty light tones