Chest of drawers - Tulipwood

This bombe chest of drawers features marquetry work in feathered fretwork of rosewood (or satinwood) laid out in a fern pattern, topped with a red Incarnat marble (or red Languedoc) veined with white and gray.

Style and period: Louis XVI style (or Transitional). It is very likely a late 19th-century or early 20th-century manufacture (Napoleon III era or Faubourg Saint-Antoine style).

Pull rings and lock escutcheons in gilded bronze.
​​Beveled/chiseled bronze corner drops on the uprights.
​​Tapered legs, slightly curved, ending in sabots.
​​Beveled-edged marble top.