A fine chest of drawers from the late Charles X Period, with scrolling foliage marquetry on each drawer front, and resting on two console feet inlaid with scrolling lotus flowers. Exceptionally, the sides of this commode are inlaid with Greek key borders that frame eight pointed stars, lending the profiles a sharper, more geometric, and startling aesthetic.

By the end of the 1820s, the wood scheme of the style inverts such that pieces are now predominantly dark with light inlay as opposed to the opposite. The darker, second half of the decade, pieces were for a while considered to be an afterthought very much second in elegance and innovation to the maple Charles X pieces that preceded them. It turns out, centuries later and preferences aside, that this second version of the style best showcases the startlingly crisp marquetry for which the style is so prized.

H: 36 inches. L: 51 inches. D: 24 inches.

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