Mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer chest of drawers. Rectangular in shape, it opens with six drawers in four rows, three of which are in the upper part, the left-hand drawer featuring a writing desk with four small drawers and a writing tablet covered in green morocco with meandering vignettes; the lower crosspiece features an apron centered with a palmette and rosette scrolls. and antique patina. It is embellished with a double brass fillet and a chased and gilded bronze matte-finish decoration with string frames, stars, masks of Diana laurel, griffins, palmettes and pull knobs with small rosettes; the bottom underlined by a wide doucine. It stands on clawed feet. Attributed to Adam Weisweiler. Adam Weisweiler, cabinetmaker received his master's degree in 1778. Consulate period (slight chips and cracks on the sides; a bronze piece originally intended to conceal the upper lock is missing). Portor marble top. H. 98 cm - W. 155 cm - D. 62.5 cm Provenance : Commissioned for the bedroom on the 1st floor of the Hôtel d'Elbeuf, residence of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824); Collection of Mr. Jean Lefèvre, established in the 1950s; By descent to the current owner. Bibliography: Le décor d'aujourd'hui, n°89, 1954. Imperial souvenir badges (rep. P. 298). The elaborate composition of this chest of drawers, particularly the original treatment of the lower front rail and the lion's claw feet, is directly inspired by a commode project by Charles Percier formerly in the Roche collection. These two features are essentially found only on furniture sometimes associated with the more logically attributed to Adam Weisweiler and probably made by the cabinetmaker under the supervision of the Parisian marchand-mercier Martin-Eloi Lignereux. Among this select group of pieces, we can cite: a Japanese lacquer chest of drawers, en suite with a secretary, which was part of the Hamilton Palace collections and is illustrated in P. Lemonnier, Weisweiler, Editions d'Art Monelle Hayot, Paris, 1983, p.60-61; as well as a secretary with white marble slab flap and rich chased and gilded bronze decoration in the Spanish royal collections (illustrated in L Feduchi, Colecciones Reales de Espana, El Mueble, Editions Patrimonio nacional, 1965, p.273); last but not least, we would like to mention two commodes featuring one with Japanese lacquer panels, the other with Wedgwood cookie panels, which are in the famous collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg. A family tradition, the provenance of this piece of furniture is linked to the Archchancellor and Second Consul Cambacérès. However, previous research had not confirmed this illustrious provenance with any certainty, and a careful re-reading of the inventory of the Hôtel d'Elbeuf, drawn up in 1808 and preserved in the Archives nationales, then ceded by Napoleon with his furniture to the Hôtel d'Elbeuf in Paris, revealed that the furniture had been made by the Archchancellor and Second Consul Cambacérès. Napoleon with his furniture to the Archchancellor, today enables us to locate the chest of drawers we propose in the bedroom on the 1st floor of the said hotel: "Une comode, neuve, genre antique, à dessus de marbre portor, la dite in mahogany wood, decorated with gilded bronze, the front with 3 small drawers, in the thickness of the frieze, with heads of Mercury and griffins, 3 large drawers underneath with different lock escutcheons and handles formed by knobs, the side panels with crowns of laurel leaves and heads of Diana, the lower crosspieces with gilded moldings and parts in the color of antique bronze, feet with claws, the top and bottom panels with crowns of laurel leaves and heads of Diana. antique bronze, lion claw feet and baguette frame with gilded copper fillet 1m55c wide 1m high". Luxuriously furnished by the Garde-Meuble with furniture and objects from the previous century as well as the latest Parisian fashions, the hotel was located at the corner of rue Saint-Nicaise and place du Carrousel, close to the site now occupied by the Pavillon Mollien. Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820), cabinetmaker received his master's degree in Paris on March 26, 1778. Established in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine district, he quickly gained a reputation as one of the most important cabinetmakers of the late Louis XVI reign. He worked for the most important connoisseurs of the time through the intermediary of dealers Dominique Daguerre and Martin-Eloi Lignereux. During the period of revolutionary unrest, he seemed unaffected by events and purchased several buildings. His business continued under the Empire, during which time he worked for Queen Hortense, among others. Martin-Eloi Lignereux (1751-1809) was one of the most important marchand-merciers, or luxury goods dealers, of the last quarter of the 18th century and the early years of the following century. Visit