LOUIS XIV CHEST OF DRAWERS entirely decorated with Boulle marquetry mother-of-pearl, pewter and polychrome elements of green and red tinted horn, cut brass on a brown tortoiseshell background. It opens three drawers. The top is entirely decorated marquetry with hunters and animals. and animals. The rails, uprights and sides with ormolu strips, rich ornamentation ornamentation of gilded bronzes on the entrances front legs and apron. Louis XIV period, Paris, circa 1700 - 1710. Height : 81 cm - Width : 96 cm Depth : 53,5 cm (Damage, missing parts and restorations) PROVENANCE - Michel Baechler Collection Our rectangular chest of drawers with a slightly the slightly curved front is richly decorated in contrast to its sober lines. The latter, is decorated with gilded bronzes that form and ornaments on the legs and apron. on the legs and apron, but is more distinctive by its "Boulle" marquetry. This decoration features incredible ornamentation on each side featuring figures dressed in Ottoman with Ottoman-style figures, harquebusiers and fantastic animals in a dreamlike architectural setting canopies with scrolled arches decorated with festoons. The whole of this opulent decorative vocabulary draws its inspiration from the drawings of ornamentalist Jean Bérain, who was appointed of "draughtsman of the King's Chamber and Cabinet of the King" when he succeeded Charles Le Brun from from 1674. This marked the beginning of a new style under the reign reign of King Louis XIV, which moved away from the hieratic and solemn forms promoted by Le Brun, to the curves, curlicues and interlacing inherited from Le Brun, curves and interlacing inherited from the Renaissance which enjoyed a new lease of life at the dawn of the eighteenth century. Although our chest of drawers is not stamped, its decoration contains elements that can be attributable to the cabinetmaker Nicolas Sageot, master in 1706 and working in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. He was recognised by his contemporaries during his lifetime, his rich production, particularly of chests of drawers chests of drawers, desks and coats of arms. his work in metal marquetry, originally originally created by Charles-André Boulle Boulle (1642 - 1732), whose technical aspects Sageot technical aspects to transpose his decorations from plates engraved by Bérain. Similar designs attributed to the cabinetmaker's production of the cabinetmaker can be found both in museum in museum collections, such as the cabinet in the the cabinet in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. no. 21919), whose marquetry work has similarities with our commode or a desk known as the "Mazarin" preserved in the Petit Palais (inv. no. ODUT1500) with rich Bérain-style decoration in the Bérain style. Chests of drawers of the same type also attributable to Sageot have been presented at recent at recent public auctions, such as one from the such as one from the Dalrymple of Hail Dalrymple of Hailes collection sold at Christie's London on 30 June 2022 (lot 124), a commode sold at Tajan on 10 October 2018 (lot 226) or another example sold by Artcurial on 16 December 2019 (lot 22).