Happiness of the day 18th stamped F.Schey

Great finesse of execution for this charming Louis XVI happiness of the day in marquetry, rosewood, amaranth and satin, Greek pattern fillets, simulated fluting, form its decoration. The upper part forming a step is made up of two small drawers and a sliding curtain behind which there is a hiding place with two small drawers.
The top folds out to be a leather-wrapped writing desk. In the lower part a large drawer. It is stamped F.SCHEY (Fidelys Schey Master in 1777)

SCHEY Fidelis or Fidely, originally from the country of Baden, he settled as a cabinetmaker in Paris and was received as a master on February 5, 1777, he became an advisor to his corporation. His workshop was located rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine near the workshop of his brother-in-law, the cabinetmaker Montigny. In 1786, he executed several gaming tables for the Château de Fontainebleau for the Crown. He died on July 29, 1788. According to "Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle by François de Salverte"