Vintage French Louis XV Style Marble Top Bronze Marquetry Bombe Commode. Elaborately carved and styled mahogany with luscious pink marble. Comes with a key on a tassel for the two drawers. Plaque screwed into the inside of the top drawer is in French and translates to: "Ricardo Soriano Cerdan, S.A. International Promotion Prize, Period Furniture and Bronzes awarded by the International Institute for Promotion and Prestige (Geneva) 1970." Marble top is not connected to bottom part. 

Condition: Signs of wear and tear throughout. Commensurate with age. 

Size: 40 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 23 in. 

The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV of France. From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence, it was largely an extension of the style of his great-grandfather and predecessor, Louis XIV. From about 1730 until about 1750, it became more original, decorative and exuberant, in what was known as the Rocaille style, under the influence of the King’s mistress, Madame de Pompadour. It marked the beginning of the European Rococo movement. From 1750 until the King’s death in 1774, it became more sober, ordered, and began to show the influences of Neoclassicism. The style has had numerous revivals since the first period all over the world, and is considered a particularly beloved look by many furniture collectors. Common pieces of interior decoration in this later period include the trumeau wall mirror, which takes its name from the French word “trumeau” that designates the space between windows. Such a mirror, usually rectangular, could also hang above an overmantel, and a decorative carved or painted scene was the prominent characteristic, sometimes dominating the actual mirror.

Signs of wear and tear throughout. Commensurate with age.