MARCION, Return from Egypt chest of drawers. Empire-Consulate period.

Superb Empire-Consulat period chest of drawers stamped by Pierre-Benoît Marcion in mahogany and flamed mahogany veneer, topped with a black granite top.
It opens with three wide drawers featuring lion's head handles holding a ring. On either side, the sheathed uprights each accommodate a finely chased ormolu trim consisting of an Egyptian bust wearing a nemesis, a large palmette and a smaller one close to the molded base.
The base rests on two claw feet at the front and ball feet at the back.

A similar model was delivered by Marcion to the Palais de Versailles, where it was still inventoried in 1839. It is currently kept at the Mobilier National under number GME 4506.

Very good condition. Fine crack to the veneer on the right-hand side.

Empire period,
Return from Egypt.
Stamped P.Marcion

Pierre-Benoît Marcion (1769-1840) was one of Napoleon 1st 's main suppliers. From the time of the Directoire, he ran a cabinetmaking workshop and store on rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, near rue Chabanais, "Aux Égyptiens", and published advertisements inviting the public to see his "choice of furniture of the genre, in mahogany wood, richly decorated with bronze, after the beautiful forms of Etruscan, Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities". As his business grew, it soon moved to rue Helvétius (formerly Sainte-Anne), then rue Saint-Marc. In 1806, Marcion submitted bids to the Garde-meuble for the supply of boat beds, sofas, bergères and armchairs with winged figures, seats with "saber scabbard" legs, psyches, washbasins-tripodes, somnos or night tables, etc. A large number of works were commissioned from him. He was commissioned to create many works for the palaces of Saint-Cloud, Trianon, Compiègne, Fontainebleau and Rambouillet. One of his most important works was the bed for Empress Marie-Louise, executed in 1809. This gilded walnut bed was richly carved with swans, garlands and foliage, and complemented by two torchères with kneeling figures supporting the canopy draperies. Marcion was also entrusted with considerable work for the service of the Crown's ministers and senior officers. A victim of the crisis that swept through French industry in the final years of Napoleon's reign, this cabinetmaker went bankrupt in 1814. The State collections contain a number of pieces stamped by P. MARCION.

Bibliography:
"Marcion, ébéniste de Napoléon", Jean-Pierre Planchon, éditions Monelle Hayot

Dimensions:
Width: 133 cm
Height: 91 cm
Depth: 61 cm

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