Louis XV commode; France, second third of the eighteenth century.

Louis XV commode; France, second third of the eighteenth century.
Wood and gilded bronze.
Presents a later envelope (XIX century).
No key.
Measurements: 84 x 96 x 47 cm.
French Louis XV French chest of drawers and transition style between Rococo and Neoclassicism. Thus, it combines a still domed elevation, typically rococo, with a compartmentalization of the structure and a clearly neoclassical and structured marquetry. The drawers are already clearly differentiated from each other, and their fronts are in turn divided by geometric recesses that emphasize the harmonious relationship between the different parts and the whole, following a criterion typical of classical languages that represents a radical difference with respect to rococo, which tended to visually unify the structure, to hide it, through decoration. However, the bronzes are still rococo, based on vegetal elements worked with a naturalistic, fluid and organic language. Likewise, the front corners are still chamfered and stand on four legs that still retain their cabriole design with bronze ornamentation in the foot area. Another significant element is found in the arched floor plan, which although it retains the rococo sinuosity is a typical solution of the transitional language, since it is a form directly borrowed from the baroque and Regency models. In fact, French artists turned their gaze to the Regency style (transition between baroque and rococo) looking for solutions to move from an anti-classical language such as rococo to a totally classical one such as Louis XVI or French neoclassicism.