Extraordinary Louis XV commode inlaid with floral motifs and supplies in chiseled and gilded cast bronze, attributed to Jacques Philippe Carel.
The structure has a very elegant and sinuous rounded shape, with reserves in largely inlaid bois de rose. On the front of a basket all sorts of flowers branch off, the foliage of which even decorates outside the reserves, affecting the entire piece of furniture.
The bronzes of the sides, typical of Carel's style, are finely chiseled, like the others. The drawers are also veneered on the inside and equipped with exceptional golden locks. The sides are reminiscent of the furniture of Thomas Hache, the Grenoblean with whom Carel worked on the exercises of his career. All of it closes with its precious original marble.
It bears a stamp by Hedouin who had probably restored the furniture as early as the 18th century.
The writer Leila Dampierre was a furniture owner, daughter of Selim Pacha Melhame, the richest man in the Ottoman Empire, lived in Stockholm and died there in 1955
The mother was buried in Florence and in fact the commode bears a Gondrand transport stamp from the Tuscan capital.