SMALL TRANSITION-PERIOD JUMPING CHEST OF DRAWERS, STAMPED JEAN HOLTHAUSEN in veneer and cube marquetry. It opens with two drawers without a crosspiece, the uprights are canted and the legs are curved. Ornamented with gilded bronzes such as: ribboned knot escutcheons, mobile pull rings, falling flamed vase, apron and sabots. Breche marble top. Stamped on the back: J. HOLTHAUSEN and JME Damage and restoration, insolation Height 85 cm - Width 79 cm - Depth 43.5 cm Jean Holthausen was awarded the title of master cabinetmaker in Paris on August 17, 1764. His stamp has been found on a number of fine marquetry pieces, including a small table in the Massey-Mainwaring collection in London (Comte de Salverte, Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Vanoest, 1953, p. 155).