LOUIS XVI PERIOD CHEST OF DRAWERS STAMPED JEAN CAUMONT (1736-1800) in rosewood and amaranth veneer, it opens with five drawers in three rows, the uprights with simulated fluting, the tapered legs with square cross-section. Ornamented with gilded bronzes such as: ribboned knot lock escutcheons, pearled mobile pull rings, aprons and sabots, uprights. Sainte-Anne gray marble top. Stamped: Caumont JME Damage, missing parts and minor restorations Height 86 cm - Width 113.5 cm - Depth 52.5 cm Jean Caumont was born in Paris in 1736, received his master's degree in 1774 and moved to rue Traversière. He produced pieces in the Transition and Louis XVI styles. They are often distinguished by a rather elaborate composition, notably in mahogany and marquetry, adorned with gilded bronze mounts, such as solid satinwood tables adorned with fine inlays. In his book Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle , Paris, 1953, p. 52, Comte de Salverte mentions a Louis XVI ormolu console in the Mobilier National, as well as a secrétaire à abattant in Mme Demachy's collection at Château d'Ognon. During the French Revolution, Caumont was elected Justice of the Peace, playing an active role in politics until 1795, when he entrusted his workshop to his son (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.169).