Louis XV commode

Ebénisterie Mathieu Vath

Restoration of a Louis XV period commode with a rosewood and violet wood veneer.

There jumper dresser It appeared in the Regency style, between 1705 and 1730, and is believed to be the invention of the cabinetmaker Charles Cressent. It consists of two drawers or two rows of drawers. The body should be raised on half-height supports, with half the height of the piece of furniture being taken up by the body and the other half by the legs. Seeking to distinguish itself from the heavy and massive Louis XIV style, it has a slender and graceful, almost ethereal form.

Commode sauteuse Louis XV, avant restauration
Before restoration

After restoration

Restoredprevious ones : https://ebenisterie-mathieuvath.fr/en-ce-moment-a-latelier/

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