PM -stamped regence, attributed to Pierre Moulin

A chest of drawers in violet wood, the curved front opening to five drawers in three rows, the red Flanders marble top resting on rounded fluted uprights, beautiful gilt bronze ornamentation.

The PM iron remains rather mysterious for the moment: one could think of at least three cabinetmakers whose initials correspond to these two letters. The first, Pierre Moulin, described as a cabinetmaker in Paris, lived on Grande-rue-du-Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in 1710, when he married Jeanne Mainguet on November 6. He was the son of the late Pierre Moulin, painter and varnisher, and Geneviève Alexandre, who had married François Painsun, also a cabinetmaker, as her second husband. He had apprenticed him on July 28, 1700, to Bernard Van Risen Burgh, another great cabinetmaker of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. The second could correspond to Pierre III Migeon (1665-circa 1717/1719); Finally, the third could be his son, Pierre IV Migeon (1696-1758), who acquired his master craftsmanship around 1721 and subsequently became one of the most important cabinetmakers in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. It should be noted, however, that only the full stamp of two Migeons is known, hence our attribution to Pierre Moulin. Provenance: Château de Vidouze, then Château de Beaulieu.

Condition report: restorations (French polish and regilded bronze).