JEAN-HENRI RIESENER - 1734-1806 A Pair of Corner Cabinets Louis XVI (1774-1791) mahogany and burr-mahogany veneered and lined oak mahogany drawers front, chiseled and beaded bronze applications en relief "Acanthus leaves", marble tops French restoration of some parts of the veneer, late central bronze medallions en relief (19th C.) "King David" and "Salome", late tops, minor faults one signed RIESENER - master in 1768 Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 94,5 x 97 x 65,5 cm Notes: vd. "Les ébénistes du XVIIIéme siècle français". Paris: Hachette, 1963, pp. 182-197.
The present corner cabinets were sold at London Christie's on May 9, 1895, lot No. 270, property of Mrs. Lyne Stephens and later at London Christie's on May 18, 1927, lot No. 79, property of Mrs. Louis Raphael. Finally, they were purchased in London in 1953, still at Christie's, by a Portuguese collector.
In 1778, Riesener produced a chest of drawers for Madame Elisabeth (sister of Luis XVI) destined to the Grand Cabinet at Versailles and, at the same time, he also supplied a pair of corner cabinets.