A Louis XIV kingwood, fruitwood and bone-inlaid marquetry coffre de mariage (marriage chest) on stand, in the manner of Pierre Gole circa 1670

With some minor age and construction cracks. Two legs in center at front of later date. Lacking apron. Minor dents and losses to wood at edges and corners, some now restored. Very minor lifting to veneer in a few areas, not extensive. In otherwise very good overall condition.
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A very similar coffre de mariage circa 1670 attributed to the well-known Parisian ébéniste of Dutch descent, Pierre Gole was sold Christie's London, December 7, 1995, lot 57. Another coffer of the same model attributed to André-Charles Boulle is now in the J. Paul Getty Museum (G. Wilson, Baroque and Régence Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Collection, Los Angeles, 2008, pp. 8-13). While attributions to Pierre Gole are notoriously difficult, the secondary wood used would support a French manufacture. The use of green-tinted horn is also characteristic of this work.