Louis XV Chest of Drawers, 1740

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This beautiful Louis XV period oak crossbow chest of drawers has four drawers. The handles and keyholes are worked in … Read more This beautiful Louis XV period oak crossbow chest of drawers has four drawers. The handles and keyholes are worked in bronze. The legs of this chest of drawers are curved with a crossbar.
The top of the chest of drawers has many knife cuts, which suggests that it must have been used as a hunting chest. Indeed, in bourgeois and aristocratic homes, a piece of furniture was reserved for the cutting of game. See less