Furniture by one of the greatest cabinet-makers of the eighteenth century
Chest of drawers
1780Oak, purplewood, satiné, stained woods, burr wood, ebony or ebonised wood, box, gilt bronze, vert des Alpes marble | 92 x 122.4 x 54.8 cm | F247
When this chest of drawers was made in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette’s cabinet intérieur at Versailles, Riesener described it as being of a ‘new model’, with its gilt-bronze mounts in the form of floral garlands and swags, trellis marquetry arranged around sunflowers and marquetry plaque showing a pastoral trophy. The trophy echoed the trophies found on the wall silks hung in the room, which had been woven in Lyon by Jean Charton to designs created by Jacques Gondoin, a furniture designer attached to the French royal household.
Isometric drawings
Graphics showing the construction of the object
Digital model
3D visualisation of the object
Watch the film below to find out more about the conservation of Marie-Antoinette's commode at the Wallace Collection, London.
