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an image of a chest of drawers in the style of a chest of drawersa black and gold chest of drawers with gold decorations on ita black and gold painted cabinet with a vase of flowersa black and gold tray with a vase and flowers on it
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167 - A chest of drawers with a slightly curved front, made of ebo…
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Estimate €20,000 - €30,000
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A chest of drawers with a slightly curved front, made of ebony veneer and featuring ‘jasmine’ marquetry in cherry, boxwood, sycamore, walnut, holly, amaranth and satinwood, with the front decorated with grotesque masks framed by foliage and flowers. The sides are inlaid with two vases of flowers; the top is encircled by a moulding, decorated with exceptional marquetry featuring foliage, a butterfly and birds framing a vase of jasmine flowers on an entablature, with foliage and grotesques. It opens to reveal five drawers in four rows, with bronze pull handles, lock plates and drop plates. Attributed to Renaud GAUDRON (1623–1727) Louis XIV period Height 86 – Width 119.5 – Depth 86 cm Normal wear and tear Several chests of drawers with similar marquetry designs attributed to Renaud GAUDRON are known: - OSENAT auction, Versailles, 5 July 2025, lot 145 - Chantilly Auction House, 23 April 2023, lot 114 - Artcurial auction, Paris, 8 July 2014 - Hampel Auction, Munich, 19 September 2013, lot 63 - Me Ader, Picard, Tajan, Palais Galliera Auction, 10 December 1973, lot 102 Renaud Gaudron, cabinetmaker to the Crown from 1686. Renaud Gaudron, born around 1653, succeeded his father Aubertin Gaudron, a cabinetmaker and contemporary of Pierre Gole, who was the official joiner to the household and residence of the Duchess of Orléans, as well as a supplier from 1672 to the household of the Palatine, Monsieur’s second wife, until her death in 1684. It was in his father’s workshop that Renaud served his apprenticeship and was recognised as a master before 1684. On his father’s death, his mother transferred to him the post of official joiner to the Duchess of Orléans, which had previously belonged to his father. Following the death of Pierre Gole in 1684, he was, for twenty-seven years, virtually the sole supplier of cabinetwork to the Crown’s Furniture Store. A total of 412 pieces of furniture were delivered between 8 June 1686 and 1713. When Renaud Gaudron died in 1727 on Rue de Richelieu, he was living on a pension and was described as ‘an official of the late Her Highness Madame’. His private clients included the Marquise de Seignelay at the Château de Sceaux, the Duchess of Portsmouth and Michel de Chamillart. Bibliography: C. Demetrescu, *Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous Louis XIV*, published by Bibliothèque des arts, 2021
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About the sale PAINTINGS – ASIA – FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART
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Auction time 10/28/2026 at 2:15 PM
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