A LOUIS XVI WALNUT AND GILT METAL MOUNTED COMMODESTAMPED JEAN CAUMONT, CIRCA 1780Surmounted by shaped and moulded marble top79cm high, 110cm wide, 54cm deepJean Caumont (b. 1739) was made master in 1774.Jean Caumont was based in the rue Traversiére. His documented oeuvre is considerable and eclectic. The comte de Salverte describes this èbèniste extensively and mentions a Louis XVI giltwood console table stamped by Caumont in the Mobilier National and a secretaire é abattant in the collection of Mme Demachy at the château d'Ognon. (Comte de Salverte, Les Ébènistes du XVIIIe siécle, Paris, 1953, p. 52.)Caumont played an active role in the revolution and was elected juge de paix. He handed the leadership of his atelier over to his son in 1795 and was thereafter mainly engaged in politics. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siécle, Paris, 1989, p. 169).