Jacques QUINET (1918 - 1992) Rare green lacquered wood pedestal unit, opening on the front with two solid doors with patinated bronze key escutcheons. It stands on a sheathed corner base and is topped by a rectangular top suspended on conical supports with bronze capitals and rings. The whole is underlined by a bronze angle bracket ending in flat projecting hooves. It reveals a sycamore veneered storage interior. Created in 1958 H: 100 W: 160 D: 43 cm (Wear, scattered chips, missing material on one corner of the top, one upright slightly detached from the carcase) Bibliography : Guitemie Maldonado, "Jacques Quinet", preface by Jean Bazaine, Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 2000, for an original plan of a chest of drawers of similar construction reproduced in the appendix and page 177 for a similar model.