Commodes / Chest

Anton Venoir Interiors Private Collection of 18th Century Louis XV Period, Regence, Ormolu Mounted Kingwood, Gilt Bronze Mounted and Walnut Provincial Commodes and Chests.

A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu – Mounted Mahogany, Rosewood and Fruitwood Commode, by Jean- Martin Schiler. Circa 1770

The  brèche rosé gris marble top above three frieze drawers and two long drawers with  butterfly wing amaranth marquetry,  gilt-bronze mounts, in the form of wreaths, oak leaves and acorns, on cabriole legs terminating in cast paw sabots, stamped J.M. SCHILER.

SCHILER (Jean-Martin SCHÜLER) received Maître June 27, 1781

H: 86.5 – L: 127 – D: 58 cm

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Louis XV / Louis XVI Commode à ressaut, en placage de bois de rose marqueté en ailes de papillon, dans des encadrements à filets et bâtons rompus, sur des contres fonds d’amarante.
Elle ouvre par cinq tiroirs sur trois rangs, le premier en trois parties. Montants arrondis.
Pieds cambrés. Ornements de bronze ciselé et doré à chutes à cannelures, sabots, cul de lampe et entrées de serrure. Estampille de J.M. SCHILER.
Transition des époques Louis XV et Louis XVI 1770 Plateau de marbre brèche rosé gris H: 86,5 – L: 127 – P: 58 cm
SCHILER (Jean Martin SCHÜLER ) reçu Maître le 27 Juin 1781

Originating from near Leipzig, Jean-Martin SCHILER  like many of his contemporaries married in the  Embassy of Sweden, chapel, in Paris. SCHILER established himself  ébéniste at rue Saint-Nicholas and at rue Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in 1778. Despite the late date of his accession to the Master ébéniste   (Maître June 27, 1781 ) his stamp appears throughout the Transition period of Louis XV and Louis XVI, including a commode with a marquetry inlaid landscape of elegantly stylised details. SCHILER created many pieces of furniture during the Louis XV period,  but his main Production of the Parisian apartments was styled in Louis XVI period, with mostly mahogany furniture with well-balanced lines: commodes, secretaries, bonne-du-jour.  A sale in Paris, March 14, 1955, saw the sale of a  gaming table, a transformation forming backgammon, writing table and dressing table, by Jean-Martin SCHILER, collection of an antique dealer in Lausanne. A rare extension dinning table by Jean-Martin SCHILER, is today in the collection at Fontainebleau.