Curved-front chest of drawers in veneered wood inlaid with brass fillets, opening with three drawers. The top is inlaid with geometric interlacing in ebony and brass fillets, and encircled by a brass moulding. Ornamented with chased and gilded bronzes decorated with horns of plenty and foliage, the keyholes with crowned masks. Attributed to Etienne DOIRAT (1675-1732). Regency period (accidents and restorations, oxidation to bronzes). Height 85 cm Width 120 cm Depth 64 cm Note: a similar chest of drawers is preserved at Château d'Aulteribe, inventory number AUL 1964 001114. Provenance: Beaussant-Lefèvre sale, Hotel Drouot, December 10, 2021, lot 193.

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